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Seeing these announcements make me nervous. I feel like I found some sort of cheat code by using AI Studio for free. Seeing them build it out, makes me wonder w

by gexla 1y ago

Seeing these announcements make me nervous. I feel like I found some sort of cheat code by using AI Studio for free. Seeing them build it out, makes me wonder when they are going to start charging for it. Though Grok has been very generous as an alternate. I guess there's a lot of good options out there. I'm just used to hitting limits most places, and not as good models.

raihansaputra 1y ago
Agree. And for some reason I find responses from AI Studio is much better than Gemini for the same models. I _already have_ Gemini advanced, bit still mostly use AI studio just for the quality of the responses.
DonHopkins 1y ago
> Though Grok has been very generous as an alternate. I don't need it inserting console.logs and alert popups with holocaust denials and splash screens with fake videos of white genocide in my apps.
- gexla 1y ago
  Wasn't it Google's models that showed America's founding father's as being black women? They all have their issues. I just want to get things done, before AI just takes over everything.
  - myko 1y ago
    They are very clearly different and grok is really indefensible (as is anything associated with Musk these days)
    - cap1434 1y ago
      Starlink is indefensible?
      - bdavisx 1y ago
        I'm not going to waste my time looking up sources, but I remember that Starlink actively worked against Ukraine at one point - so yes, indefensible.
      - ipaddr 1y ago
        Yes stop polluting our skies.
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  - drewbitt 1y ago
    I care much more about text quality in May 2025 than image generation accuracy in Feb 2024. Generated images are not advertised as 'accurate', whatever that even means.
- never_inline 1y ago
  It's just a copy of all other models in terms of functionality. I didn't find anything controversial nor extra-ordinary in it. Image generation sucked. Some Indian twitterers found a way to get it to utter Hindi profane words, that's probably the most controversial thing I know about it.
  - mcpar-land 1y ago
    Just a few days ago Grok started inserting paragraphs about the contested nature of white genocide in South Africa and the 'kill the boer' chant into almost every response it gave, with the vast majority of prompts having nothing to do with South Africa, white genocide, or boers. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/may/14/elon-musk-grok-white-genocide https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/may/14/elon-musk... https://x.com/xai/status/1923183620606619649 https://x.com/xai/status/1923183620606619649
delfinom 1y ago
Why is it even a question of "when they are going to start". Running LLMs costs a stupid amount of money, beyond just the stupid amount of money to train them. They have to recoup that money somewhere.

by gexla 1y ago

raihansaputra 1y ago

Agree. And for some reason I find responses from AI Studio is much better than Gemini for the same models. I _already have_ Gemini advanced, bit still mostly use AI studio just for the quality of the responses.

DonHopkins 1y ago

> Though Grok has been very generous as an alternate. I don't need it inserting console.logs and alert popups with holocaust denials and splash screens with fake videos of white genocide in my apps.

gexla 1y ago
Wasn't it Google's models that showed America's founding father's as being black women? They all have their issues. I just want to get things done, before AI just takes over everything.
- myko 1y ago
  They are very clearly different and grok is really indefensible (as is anything associated with Musk these days)
  - cap1434 1y ago
    Starlink is indefensible?
    - bdavisx 1y ago
      I'm not going to waste my time looking up sources, but I remember that Starlink actively worked against Ukraine at one point - so yes, indefensible.
    - ipaddr 1y ago
      Yes stop polluting our skies.
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- drewbitt 1y ago
  I care much more about text quality in May 2025 than image generation accuracy in Feb 2024. Generated images are not advertised as 'accurate', whatever that even means.
never_inline 1y ago
It's just a copy of all other models in terms of functionality. I didn't find anything controversial nor extra-ordinary in it. Image generation sucked. Some Indian twitterers found a way to get it to utter Hindi profane words, that's probably the most controversial thing I know about it.
- mcpar-land 1y ago
  Just a few days ago Grok started inserting paragraphs about the contested nature of white genocide in South Africa and the 'kill the boer' chant into almost every response it gave, with the vast majority of prompts having nothing to do with South Africa, white genocide, or boers. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/may/14/elon-musk-grok-white-genocide https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/may/14/elon-musk... https://x.com/xai/status/1923183620606619649 https://x.com/xai/status/1923183620606619649

delfinom 1y ago

Why is it even a question of "when they are going to start". Running LLMs costs a stupid amount of money, beyond just the stupid amount of money to train them. They have to recoup that money somewhere.