Sam Altman and Elon Musk are racing to build an ‘everything app’
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Summary
Sam Altman and Elon Musk are said to be planning rival ‘super apps’, which offer a range of financial and social services.
Altman’s plan is centred around his crypto token, Worldcoin, which he hopes to increase uptake of by partnering with Visa to launch a US debit card that offers rewards in the form of AI subscriptions.
Tools for Humanity, Altman’s company, also plans to capitalise on its use of eye-scanners to verify users as human in order to address the ‘bot problem’ that Elon Musk identified in his purchase of Twitter.
Meta’s new AI-focused app is also looking to add a social element, in addition to voice-activated searches and personalised results.
Chief product officer, Chris Cox, stated that “the eval that matters is whether the product is good, period”.