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TechCrunch Daily Crunch

Sam Altman says that bots are making social media feel ‘fake’

TechCrunch Daily Crunch

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Tech News, News, Technology

3.849 Ratings

🗓️ 9 September 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

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X enthusiast and Reddit shareholder Sam Altman had an epiphany on Monday: Bots have made it impossible to determine whether social media posts are really written by humans, he posted. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Sam Oldman says that bots are making social media feel fake.

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I'm Imron Shake and this is a very real TechCrunch Daily Crunch special.

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Ex-enthusiast and Reddit shareholder Sam Oldman had an epiphany on Monday.

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Bots have made it impossible to determine whether social media posts are really written by humans, he posted.

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