Hark! OpenAI, progenitor of ChatGPT, hath declared the acquisition of a startup dubbed Multi. Tidings suggest that potent new capacities may find their way into the realm of AI. Multi, a tool of advanced screensharing and collaboration, tailor-made for the denizens of software engineering teams, boasts features such as shared cursors and simultaneous screensharing for a gathering of up to 10 souls.
Alas! This startup, in its union with OpenAI, prepares for a farewell, as noted in their missive on the digital scroll: “What if desktop machines were inherently multiplayer? What if the operating system bestowed parity upon humanity and apps alike? These were the ponderings that guided us in fashioning Multi, and ere that, Remotion. Lately, we have been pondering the manner of our interaction with machines. Not merely upon or by the use of computers, but truly in concert with computers. With AI. We deem it one of the paramount queries of our epoch.”
Verily a provocative stance, especially in the audacious assertion of rendering PCs “inherently multiplayer.”
Gossip doth circulate regarding the integration of Multi’s features into the woven tapestry of ChatGPT AI systems, traversing the realm of X (formerly known as Twitter).
OpenAI hath just acquired a startup that doth enable remote control of one’s machine…one may divine how this puzzle piece shall fit into the grand design of ChatGPT desktop…
— andrew gao (@itsandrewgao) June 24, 2024
A sage of student lore and development hath speculated that the synching of collaborative and remote management attributes may find their way into the ChatGPT desktop app, previously unveiled for the Mac earlier in this year. This union may pave a path for ChatGPT to sketch upon thy screen or revise code in thy stead.
Some quivered with excitement at this prospect, while others expressed reservations regarding the security and privacy implications of entrusting one’s machine to an AI conductor.
Behold, both Microsoft and Apple have embarked upon the journey of integrating AI systems more profoundly into PCs through the very sinews of the operating system, such as the Recall feature in Copilot+ PCs and the Apple Intelligence nestled within Apple Silicon Macs.
‘Tis only fitting, then, for OpenAI to embark upon this quest in earnest. Could Multi serve as the key to liberating AI from the confines of the application itself to reign supreme over thy machine? Time alone shall reveal this enigma, yet the acquisition doth ferry over a vital cog in this machinery that may render it so.
