China's MiniMax nears completion of $250m funding to develop a ChatGPT-like solution, with a valuation of $1.2bn, in response to OpenAI's ChatGPT launch.
Alibaba's AI chatbot challenges OpenAI's ChatGPT, offering file analysis and text summaries for starters. Features to be added include real-time translation and a Chrome extension amidst fierce competitive rivalry from Amazon, Tencent, and Microsoft. Meanwhile, China's Baidu has launched its chatbot, Ernie, amid new national legislation mandate that AI products undergo national security threat assessment. Alibaba's new chatbot reflects President Xi's bigger and continued AI investment drive with a goal to protect national security.
China's tech companies, including Baidu, are investing in generative AI to address the US-China tech divide. Baidu has launched a $145m fund for early-stage AI applications, betting on Chinese firms leading the way in commercial AI. Baidu's co-founder and CEO Robin Li is regarded as a pioneer of the tech industry in China.
Daniel Zhang, CEO of online giant Alibaba, has agreed to deepen tech collaborations with Chinese city Tianjin to improve cloud computing, industrial internet and smart city initiatives. Alibaba will deliver world-leading computing services to the port city, improving efficiency and cutting costs while developing cloud computing, AI and big data projects. With Zhang in charge, Alibaba has grown to become one of the world's biggest tech firms and made waves with its NYSE and HKE listings.
Recently, Nobel Prize winner Mo Yan used ChatGPT, an advanced AI-driven technology by Tencent and ByteDance, to write an inspirational speech for Chinese author Yu Hua. In the celebration of Shouhuo magazine's 65th anniversary, Yan's speech went viral on Weibo. ChatGPT offers high-quality content, efficient and accurate AI applications for content creation, natural language processing, dialogue generation and more. With ChatGPT, Mo Yan has revolutionized content creation, leading to even greater potential for the future.
Explore the evolution of tech policy from Obama's optimism to Harris's vision at the Democratic National Convention. What's next for Democrats in tech?