# OpenAI Wants ChatGPT to Be the Next WeChat

> The line inside OpenAI that chat is dead is the real story here, a company built entirely on a text box now trying to become the operating system for daily errands. It is a bet that habit and convenience beat raw model quality, which is a very different fight than the one OpenAI has been having with Anthropic over benchmarks. Whether a billion mostly free users can be turned into WeChat style superusers before the IPO clock runs out is the open question.

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## Wortins' read

The line inside OpenAI that chat is dead is the real story here, a company built entirely on a text box now trying to become the operating system for daily errands. It is a bet that habit and convenience beat raw model quality, which is a very different fight than the one OpenAI has been having with Anthropic over benchmarks. Whether a billion mostly free users can be turned into WeChat style superusers before the IPO clock runs out is the open question.

## Source

[Read the full story at Decrypt](https://decrypt.co/370467/openai-chagpt-chatbot-superapp)

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