Telegram CEO Pavel Durov on Wednesday mentioned Elon Musk’s AI firm, xAI, is investing $300 million value of money and fairness within the chat app.
As a part of the deal, xAI’s chatbot, Grok, can be distributed through Telegram and built-in into apps out there on Telegram’s platform for one 12 months.
Durov mentioned Telegram will earn 50% of the income from xAI subscriptions which might be bought by means of the app.
Earlier this 12 months, xAI made the Grok chatbot out there to Telegram’s premium customers. The brand new partnership feels like Grok may now be out there to all customers.
A video posted by Durov on X recommended that Grok could be pinned on high of chats inside the app, and customers may also ask inquiries to Grok from the search bar. Notably, Meta has additionally built-in Meta AI into the search bar for Instagram and WhatsApp.
The video additionally reveals that it is possible for you to to make use of Grok for writing options, summarizing chats, hyperlinks and paperwork, and creating stickers. Grok will supposedly additionally assist reply questions for companies and help with moderation.