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xAI to pay telegram $300M to integrate Grok into the chat app

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Re: xAI to pay telegram $300M to integrate Grok into the chat app

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Grok3 could be leagues ahead of anything else in the game and yet a large portion of the western population would never use it due to its owners antics.

Most people have no idea who the CEO of the various tech companies are and don't care.

I don't think that's true. Pretty much everyone knows that Twitter is owned by the guy who gives Nazi salutes and supports far right parties abroad.

Re: xAI to pay telegram $300M to integrate Grok into the chat app

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Grok3 could be leagues ahead of anything else in the game and yet a large portion of the western population would never use it due to its owners antics.

Don't overestimate the size of that portion.

Don't underestimate it. https://www.arenaev.com/teslas_european_sales_keep_falling_w...

Re: xAI to pay telegram $300M to integrate Grok into the chat app

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Same as OpenAI paying Apple to integrate ChatGPT with Siri/iPhone. Apple has the users. As does Telegram. Of course, non-paying users are a loss-leader, but some portion of them will convert to premium users. They’re paying for distribution. And maybe mindshare.

OpenAI is not paying Apple though. Only money exchange that happens is the cut Apple takes of the subscriptions.

But then I suppose it’s also payment-in-kind if they are serving the (non-premium) iPhone requests for free.

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I honestly don't care about the technical capabilities of the tool when I know it's being actively mismanaged. Incidentally, have you got a moment to talk about the white genocide in south africa?

> "Incidentally, have you got a moment to talk about the white genocide in south africa?" Is this some sort of joke, or are you genuinely wanting to discuss what's happening here in South Africa? If it's a joke, I think it's in very poor taste at the expense of a persecuted minority. I have seen it, experienced it, and know full well how real it is, no matter how much social-media pushes it one way or the other.

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Re: xAI to pay telegram $300M to integrate Grok into the chat app

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Same as OpenAI paying Apple to integrate ChatGPT with Siri/iPhone. Apple has the users. As does Telegram. Of course, non-paying users are a loss-leader, but some portion of them will convert to premium users. They’re paying for distribution. And maybe mindshare.

OpenAI is not paying Apple though. Only money exchange that happens is the cut Apple takes of the subscriptions.

Could you share a source for the OpenAI deal?

What I could find is that iPhone users get it for free regardless:

https://openai.com/index/openai-and-apple-announce-partnersh...

> The ChatGPT integration, powered by GPT‑4o, will come to iOS, iPadOS, and macOS later this year. Users can access it for free without creating an account, and ChatGPT subscribers can connect their accounts and access paid features right from these experiences.

Re: xAI to pay telegram $300M to integrate Grok into the chat app

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Wow, a Musk rant. So original and refreshing. Meanwhile pedos are actually just on Facebook and Instagram and not even hiding: https://www.wsj.com/tech/instagram-vast-pedophile-network-4a...

The Instagram pages the article references almost all link to...you guessed it...Telegram, where they can distribute illegal materials with less oversight.

Re: xAI to pay telegram $300M to integrate Grok into the chat app

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Given the use in conflict zones and the prevalence of military bloggers from all sides, Telegram is already one of the most surveilled apps out there.

Grok relaying your queries to certain agencies won't add much, but it will be interesting to see what bias Grok will exhibit on Telegram.

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Feels oh so telling that xAI has to pay Telegram and not the other way around. If these offerings were so great wouldn't we all be clamoring for it?

It's the next logical step after companies shoving AI into every corner of their own products regardless of whether their users want it - now they're paying other companies to shove AI things into their products regardless of whether their users want it. Genuine user interest doesn't come close to justifying their insane valuations so they have to put their thumb on the scale by shoving it everyones face and then pre…

Just like the Google+ days.

Re: xAI to pay telegram $300M to integrate Grok into the chat app

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It's the next logical step after companies shoving AI into every corner of their own products regardless of whether their users want it - now they're paying other companies to shove AI things into their products regardless of whether their users want it. Genuine user interest doesn't come close to justifying their insane valuations so they have to put their thumb on the scale by shoving it everyones face and then pre…

>Googles AI summaries, which are pinned to the top of results and can't be disabled You CAN disable them. Append -ai to your Google search query. You're welcome. Edit: curious why are people downvoting a helpful workaround?

Wonder if DDG can be convinced to append that automatically for !g queries...
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