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Alisa, the AI assistant integrated into Russia's state-backed Max messenger, has been observed advising users in chat conversations to install alternative apps like Telegram, Signal, or WhatsApp.
Apple has removed the Russian state-backed Max messenger application from its App Store, citing compliance with international sanctions. This action follows the recent approval of new sanctions against Russia.
The Russian state-backed messaging application, Max, has vanished from the App Store, with search results no longer showing the app and direct links returning errors.
Russia is developing its Max messaging app using Chinese tech giants Tencent's WeChat and TikTok's sister app Douyin as key models, according to VK CEO Vladimir Kiriyenko.
Russia's four major mobile carriers—MTS, Beeline, MegaFon, and T2—will make data usage for the Max messenger app free starting August 1, allowing subscribers unrestricted access to its services.
Despite Apple removing the Max messenger from its App Store, a private VK Night party was held at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum to celebrate the launch of the Kremlin-linked application.
A Russian messenger application, Max, is reportedly an unreliable and dangerous service that spies on its users, with IT specialists continuing to discover new vulnerabilities and surveillance tools, including a neural network for eavesdropping.
Russia is encouraging its citizens to use the domestic Max Messenger app, citing 'technological sovereignty,' as WhatsApp and Telegram face bans in the country.
Russia's state-backed Max messenger has blocked chats in at least four regions where users were tracking gas availability and sharing information about lines at filling stations.
The Russian state-backed Max messenger app has ceased delivering push notifications for calls and messages on Apple devices. This issue follows the app's removal from the App Store.
St. Petersburg State University has reportedly ordered its staff and students to use the Max messenger, a state-backed Russian app, as its official internal communications platform.
A Russian court in Krasnodar Krai has fined a local resident, Ivan Kazhan, for using an avatar with 'AUE symbolism' in the Max messenger app, marking the first such penalty in Russia.