Telegram to get $300 mn in partnership with Musk's xAI

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Grok volition  beryllium  accessible connected  Telegram by the summer, the societal  platform's CEO saidGrok volition beryllium accessible connected Telegram by the summer, the societal platform's CEO said. Photo: Lionel BONAVENTURE / AFP
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Telegram established a concern with Elon Musk's xAI to supply the Grok generative artificial quality programme connected the messaging work for 1 year, Telegram's CEO announced Wednesday.

In speech for implementing Grok crossed its platforms, Telegram volition person $300 cardinal successful currency and equity, positive 50 percent of the gross from xAI subscriptions sold via Telegram, Telegram's main Pavel Durov announced connected X, the erstwhile Twitter.

Grok volition beryllium accessible connected Telegram this summer, Durov said.

The presumption of the woody whitethorn look unbalanced, but the transaction allows xAI, which successful precocious March acquired Musk's X platform, to person entree to Telegram's customers, which Durov estimated has much than 1 cardinal users.

Generative AI businesses person been aiming to turn their idiosyncratic basal successful bid to retrieve revenues aft immense investments successful the state-of-the-art technology.

xAI successful February released the latest mentation of its chatbot, Grok 3, which the billionaire hopes volition find traction successful a highly competitory assemblage contested by the likes of ChatGPT and China's DeepSeek.

Grok 3 is besides going up against OpenAI's chatbot, ChatGPT -- pitting Musk against collaborator-turned-arch rival Sam Altman.

Grok is accessible connected the X platform, but with limitations connected non-paying users. The premium work costs $40 per month, oregon $395 per year.

Durov has faced judicial enactment successful France aft clashing with French authorities implicit amerciable contented connected his fashionable messaging service, including claims that France interfered successful Romanian elections.

Earlier this month, French authorities denied a petition for Durov, who holds French and Russian passports, to question to the United States for talks with concern funds.

Source: AFP

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