@JayaGup10: Will Americans care that Instinct runs on Kimi? Not sure. It’s a fast-growing consumer app on iMessage with access to i…
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The tweet questions whether American users will be concerned that the app Instinct uses the Chinese AI model Kimi, while comparing it to Muse which uses a closed American model, and speculates on future implications for other American consumer apps.
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Will Americans care that Instinct runs on Kimi? Not sure.
It’s a fast-growing consumer app on iMessage with access to inbox, cards, screen running on a Chinese model.
Meanwhile, Muse offers incredible capability on a closed American model. But what would have happened if they also used Kimi?
It is going to be interesting to see how much this will matter going forward with other “American” consumer apps as well
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