ChatGPT frenzy sweeps China as firms scramble for home-grown options

ChatGPT frenzy sweeps China as firms scramble for home-grown options

Microsoft-backed OpenAI has kept its hit ChatGPT app off-limits to users in China, but the app is attracting huge interest in the country, with firms rushing to integrate the technology into their products and launch rival solutions. While residents in the country are unable to create OpenAI accounts to access the artificial intelligence-powered (AI) chatbot, … Read more

China’s Alibaba joins global chatbot race

China’s Alibaba joins global chatbot race

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba said Thursday it was working on a rival to ChatGPT, joining a flurry of global tech firms rushing to match the popular AI-powered chatbot. ChatGPT has sparked a gold rush in artificial intelligence technology, with Microsoft, Google and China’s Baidu all working to develop chatbots that can mimic human speech. The … Read more

Davos 2023: CEOs buzz about ChatGPT-style AI at World Economic Forum

Davos 2023: CEOs buzz about ChatGPT-style AI at World Economic Forum

DAVOS: Business titans trudging through Alpine snow can’t stop talking about a chatbot from San Francisco. Generative artificial intelligence, tech that can invent virtually any content someone can think up and type into a text box, is garnering not just venture investment in Silicon Valley but interest in Davos at the World Economic Forum‘s annual … Read more