Pro@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-220 days agoTelegram and xAI agreed a one-year deal to integrate Grok into the chat app; Telegram will get $300M in cash and equity from xAI and 50% of subscription revenue.programming.devimagemessage-square68linkfedilinkarrow-up123arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up120arrow-down1imageTelegram and xAI agreed a one-year deal to integrate Grok into the chat app; Telegram will get $300M in cash and equity from xAI and 50% of subscription revenue.programming.devPro@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-220 days agomessage-square68linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squaresparky@lemmy.federate.cc@lemmy.federate.cclinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·19 days agoSo you’re telling me that Grok is so bad that they have to pay developers to integrate it? How backwards. People are willing to pay for Grok’s competitors.
minus-squaremcv@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·19 days agoOr is xAI paying for access to Telegram conversations to train Grok?
minus-squareUnculturedSwine@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·19 days agoThis is the reason. Telegram has data and users that can be fed to the AI and they know it. Grok is hungry.
minus-squaresparky@lemmy.federate.cc@lemmy.federate.cclinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·18 days agoWell it’s gonna learn to post crypto spam ads and swastikas then. Which come to think of it… might be the point
So you’re telling me that Grok is so bad that they have to pay developers to integrate it? How backwards. People are willing to pay for Grok’s competitors.
Or is xAI paying for access to Telegram conversations to train Grok?
This is the reason. Telegram has data and users that can be fed to the AI and they know it. Grok is hungry.
Well it’s gonna learn to post crypto spam ads and swastikas then. Which come to think of it… might be the point