] Anyone who adds the screen name "MillionaireIM" to their
] AOL Instant Messenger Buddy List feature can receive
] actual game questions via instant message (or mobile
] instant message, for those appropriately equipped). Fans
] who aren't America Online members or AIM users can visit
] http://www.millionairetv.com to learn more and to
] download AIM for free.
]
] Then when contestants opt to "Ask the Audience" for
] assistance, the studio audience's answers will be added
] in with those sent by text-ers. More than 36 million
] people are active users of the AOL Instant Messenger
] service.

Interesting, and some cool hacks are possible.

Someone should tie this to the AI programs that use AIM. The AI uses the logic it already has to parse the question(the questions on millionaire are the type of questions that an AI can easily parse and find answers for), have a table of open sources (ie IMDB, Wikipedia, hell even google), and IMs the answer back. Client software could be run by any AIM/GAIM user, which accepts a multicast response from the AI with the answer, and auto-IMs millionaire that answer in under your Screen name. Get enough people running this client (which doesn't effect their IM experience at all), and you could tip the results in any direction you wanted, even the wrong way!

AOL IM becomes 'Millionaire' friend