China's focus on large language models in AI has raised concerns about national security and job loss in the West. US and Western governments are taking steps to regulate AI to protect themselves. Learn more.
Chinese cloud giants Alibaba and ByteDance, parent company of social app TikTok, have made orders totalling 100k A100 and H800 accelerator cards from graphics card manufacturer Nvidia to support their AI and ML workloads. The orders are expected to rival the number of cards sold in China by the company in 2022.
Zhixing AI, a Chinese AI startup, has launched a groundbreaking AI model with plug-in support, integrating seven plugins such as Bing Search and Wolfram. CEO Zhang Chongyang envisions an ecosystem similar to an App Store. With the potential to transform China's AI space, Zhixing AI's consumer-centric approach offers users a customized, tailored system that best suits their applications, resulting in more user satisfaction.
Baidu's Ernie Bot wins Xinhua Institute's chatbot tests in China, but falls short of OpenAI's GPT-4 and GPT-3.5. Despite setbacks, Baidu's AI development continues with a new large language model. Meanwhile, the UK will host the first Global Safety Summit for AI to encourage ethical development.
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