Alibaba is a tech giant leveraging advanced AI technology in their popular workplace collaboration app, DingTalk. President Ye Jun showcased how it can automatically organize conversations and deliver written responses at lightning speed. They were granted exclusive access to their computing power, making it the first product to use ChatGPT-like capabilities. ByteDance's rival platform Feishu is also racing to include more AI services.
Microsoft is a leading technology giant in the world, developing powerful and efficient solutions to power its ChatGPT system. Its secretive hardware project from 2019, which included codenamed "Athena" chips, is designed to reduce reliance on costly Nvidia GPUs and aid machine learning algorithms. Microsoft is also in competition with tech giants such as Amazon, Google and Meta who develop their own AI chips for various applications. Sam Altman of OpenAI is involved in the development of these models and Elon Musk recently announced his TruthGPT project - an AI language system.
Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Google, recently discussed the implications of AI on the world today in an interview with CBS' "60 Minutes", mentioning its potential to impact jobs and aiding medical diagnosis. He added that Google’s AI chatbot ChatGPT has the potential to be hired as an entry-level software engineer. OpenAI's ChatGPT has become popular with its 100 million users, which is what inspired Google to develop its own AI product, Bard. Google is dedicated to making its products accessible to everyone, and Pichai is leading this effort with his vision.
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