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Yahoo
2 hours ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Elon Musk has a blunt response to Telegram founder's $300M AI deal claim
Telegram founder Pavel Durov said on Tuesday that the chat app had struck a major deal with Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company, xAI, to bring the Grok chatbot to its billion-plus user base. But Musk quickly poured cold water on the announcement. 'No deal has been signed,' Musk said bluntly on X in response to Durov's video post outlining the partnership. Earlier in the day, Durov had posted: 'This summer, Telegram users will gain access to the best AI technology on the market. Elon Musk and I have agreed to a 1-year partnership to bring xAI's @grok to our billion+ users and integrate it across all Telegram apps"He added that the deal would 'strengthen Telegram's financial sustainability' and claimed xAI would be paying Telegram '$300 million in cash and equity' as part of the agreement. Telegram, he said, would also earn '50% of the revenue from xAI subscriptions purchased through the app.' According to TechCrunch, the deal would expand Grok's reach on Telegram beyond its current availability to premium users, potentially opening it to everyone on the platform. A promotional video shared by Durov showed Grok pinned at the top of chats and accessible via the search bar—mirroring recent Meta AI integrations on Instagram and WhatsApp. The demo also showed Grok generating stickers, summarizing chats and documents, writing replies, and even handling moderation and customer support tasks for businesses. Musk's denial, however, raises questions about the status and structure of the agreement. It's unclear whether the partnership has been formalized or if Durov was announcing a framework that remains under discussion. Neither Telegram nor xAI has issued a follow-up clarification. Elon Musk has a blunt response to Telegram founder's $300M AI deal claim first appeared on TheStreet on May 28, 2025 Error while retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error while retrieving data Error while retrieving data Error while retrieving data Error while retrieving data
Time of India
2 hours ago
- Business
- Time of India
Elon Musk bids goodbye to DOGE after ‘scheduled time'; Netizens ask Grok to summarize his ‘achievements'
Elon Musk is bidding farewell to his 'Government Gig'! The Tesla CEO, who took the lead at the Department of Government Efficiency under the Trump 2.0 Administration, has announced that his 'scheduled time' has come to an end. What did Musk say? On May 28, Musk announced via X, that his time leading President Donald Trump's cost-cutting task force has come "to an end". — elonmusk (@elonmusk) He wrote on X, "As my scheduled time as a Special Government Employee comes to an end, I would like to thank President @realDonaldTrump for the opportunity to reduce wasteful spending." He concluded his post, saying, 'The @DOGE mission will only strengthen over time as it becomes a way of life throughout the government.' Musk has helped lead the DOGE since its inception this year. As it is well-known now, he was designated as a "special government employee" - which allows him to work a government job for 130 days each year. Counting from Trump's inauguration on 20 January, he was supposed to hit that limit towards the end of May. Musk thanked Trump for the role in a post on X and said he believed the cost-cutting agency would become a "way of life throughout government". by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Trending in in 2025: Local network access control [Click Here] Esseps Learn More Undo Musk's "offboarding" as a special government employee would reportedly begin on Wednesday night. Notably, Musk's exit comes after he criticised Trump's "big, beautiful" bill, which includes multi-trillion dollar tax breaks and a pledge to increase defence spending. The internet reacts: As Musk has announced his departure from the DOGE, the social media, quite expectedly, has some thoughts. While most of the internet users wished the SpaceX billionaire best for his upcoming endeavors, one user took a reroute and asked Grok to summarize Musk's achievements while he was at DOGE. Now, Grok is a generative artificial intelligence chatbot developed by xAI, based on a large language model (LLM) of the same name, and was launched in November 2023 by Elon Musk himself. Grok is designed to be conversational and is known for its "sense of humor" and direct access to the social media platform X (formerly Twitter). Seems like Grok has used its sense of humor in this case as well, as the AI chatbot declared, 'The true impact of DOGE remains debated amid ongoing scrutiny.' When asked what Musk's achievements are at the DOGE, Grok replied, 'As a Special Government Employee, Elon Musk led the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), claiming $160 billion in savings by terminating wasteful contracts, like $255 million from 269 contracts, and modernizing IT systems, such as digitizing the OPM retirement process. DOGE also cleaned Social Security records and supported voter integrity measures. ' Grok added, 'However, these efforts face criticism for potential costs of $135 billion in lost productivity, legal challenges, and service disruptions. Concerns about Musk's business conflicts and political motivations persist, with public opinion divided, as 54% view him unfavorably. ' Another user lauded Musk for his contributions to the United States of America, saying, 'I honestly don't know if we could've saved America if @ElonMusk hadn't spent $40 billion to buy Twitter and rescue free speech.' This particular user's take? 'He absolutely deserves the Presidential Medal of Freedom.' However, several users had other opinions. One of them asked, 'What was achieved other than elon breaking things and leaving them broken' while another commented, 'this has damaged your brand beyond anything you can imagine.'
Malay Mail
2 hours ago
- Business
- Malay Mail
Telegram inks US$300m deal with Elon Musk's xAI to bring Grok chatbot to one billion users
NEW YORK, May 29 — Telegram established a partnership with Elon Musk's xAI to provide the Grok generative artificial intelligence program on the messaging service for one year, Telegram's CEO announced yesterday. In exchange for implementing Grok across its platforms, Telegram will receive US$300 million (RM1.28 million) in cash and equity, plus 50 percent of the revenue from xAI subscriptions sold via Telegram, Telegram's chief Pavel Durov announced on X, the former Twitter. Grok will be accessible on Telegram this summer, Durov said. The terms of the deal may appear unbalanced, but the transaction allows xAI, which in late March acquired Musk's X platform, to have access to Telegram's customers, which Durov estimated has more than one billion users. Generative AI businesses have been aiming to grow their user base in order to recover revenues after huge investments in the state-of-the-art technology. xAI in February released the latest version of its chatbot, Grok 3, which the billionaire hopes will find traction in a highly competitive sector contested by the likes of ChatGPT and China's DeepSeek. Grok 3 is also going up against OpenAI's chatbot, ChatGPT — pitting Musk against collaborator-turned-arch rival Sam Altman. Grok is accessible on the X platform, but with limitations on non-paying users. The premium service costs US$40 per month, or US$395 per year. Durov has faced judicial action in France after clashing with French authorities over illegal content on his popular messaging service, including claims that France interfered in Romanian elections. Earlier this month, French authorities denied a request for Durov, who holds French and Russian passports, to travel to the United States for talks with investment funds. — AFP
Japan Today
6 hours ago
- Business
- Japan Today
Telegram to get $300 mil in partnership with Musk's xAI
Grok will be accessible on Telegram by the summer, the social platform's CEO said Telegram established a partnership with Elon Musk's xAI to provide the Grok generative artificial intelligence program on the messaging service for one year, Telegram's CEO announced Wednesday. In exchange for implementing Grok across its platforms, Telegram will receive $300 million in cash and equity, plus 50 percent of the revenue from xAI subscriptions sold via Telegram, Telegram's chief Pavel Durov announced on X, the former Twitter. Grok will be accessible on Telegram this summer, Durov said. The terms of the deal may appear unbalanced, but the transaction allows xAI, which in late March acquired Musk's X platform, to have access to Telegram's customers, which Durov estimated has more than one billion users. Generative AI businesses have been aiming to grow their user base in order to recover revenues after huge investments in the state-of-the-art technology. xAI in February released the latest version of its chatbot, Grok 3, which the billionaire hopes will find traction in a highly competitive sector contested by the likes of ChatGPT and China's DeepSeek. Grok 3 is also going up against OpenAI's chatbot, ChatGPT -- pitting Musk against collaborator-turned-arch rival Sam Altman. Grok is accessible on the X platform, but with limitations on non-paying users. The premium service costs $40 per month, or $395 per year. Durov has faced judicial action in France after clashing with French authorities over illegal content on his popular messaging service, including claims that France interfered in Romanian elections. Earlier this month, French authorities denied a request for Durov, who holds French and Russian passports, to travel to the United States for talks with investment funds. © 2025 AFP
CNET
7 hours ago
- Business
- CNET
xAI Chatbot Grok Will Be Available to Telegram Users
Under a deal announced Wednesday, Elon Musk's xAI chatbot Grok will be available to Telegram users for one year starting sometime in the summer, Telegram CEO Pavel Durov announced on X. Telegram is a cloud-based social media and instant messaging service that is free, but offers a paid tier. According to a video Durov included in his X post, Telegram users will be able to pin Grok to the top of their chats. Users will be able to ask questions, create stickers, write suggestions and summarize chats, links, and documents An X user asked Durov about the security of user data. "User privacy is paramount," he responded. "To be clear, xAI will only access data that Telegram users explicitly share with Grok through direct interactions. That's expected -- you can't message anyone (including a chatbot) without sharing what you write.' Telegram, with an estimated 1 billion active users, will receive $300 million in cash and equity from xAI to integrate Grok into Telegram apps for the a 12-month duration. Durov's company will also get half of the revenue from xAI subscriptions purchased through Telegram apps. Telegram premium users already have been able to use Grok since earlier in 2025.
