Alibaba, Tencent and Baidu Join the ChatGPT Rush 11
China's biggest tech companies are rushing to develop their own versions of ChatGPT, the AI-powered chatbot that has set the U.S. tech world buzzing, despite questions over the capabilities and commercial prospects of the technology. Nikkei Asia Review reports: Alibaba Group Holding, Tencent Holdings, Baidu, NetEase and JD.com all unveiled plans this week to test and launch their own ChatGPT-like services in the near future, eager to show the results of their AI research efforts are just as ready for prime time as those of their U.S. counterparts. [...] Shares of Baidu surged to an 11-month high after the search giant on Monday revealed its plan to launch the ChatGPT-style "Ernie Bot," which is built on tech the company said has been in development since 2019. The company aims to complete internal testing in March before making the chatbot available to the public. Following Baidu's announcement, Alibaba said it is internally testing a ChatGPT-style tool, without revealing more details. The e-commerce conglomerate's shares closed up 3.96% in Hong Kong on Thursday. Tencent confirmed its plans in ChatGPT-style and AI-generated content on Thursday, saying relevant research is underway "in an orderly manner."
Online retailer JD.com said it plans to integrate some of the technologies that underpin applications like ChatGPT, such as natural language processing, in its own services. Gaming giant NetEase said it is researching the incorporation of AI-generated content into its education unit. Chinese media reported on Thursday that ByteDance's AI lab has launched certain research initiatives on technologies to support its virtual reality arm Pico. However, a person familiar with the matter at ByteDance told Nikkei that the report was false. "Making use of AI-generated content is a natural thing," an unnamed executive from one of the leading listed Chinese tech companies told Nikkei. "Whenever there is a so-called next big thing, multiple companies will announce that they are in this area, but some companies may be just hyping with the catchword without any concrete product."
"Another challenge is China's heavy censorship of cyberspace, which will make AI-generated content difficult, too."
Online retailer JD.com said it plans to integrate some of the technologies that underpin applications like ChatGPT, such as natural language processing, in its own services. Gaming giant NetEase said it is researching the incorporation of AI-generated content into its education unit. Chinese media reported on Thursday that ByteDance's AI lab has launched certain research initiatives on technologies to support its virtual reality arm Pico. However, a person familiar with the matter at ByteDance told Nikkei that the report was false. "Making use of AI-generated content is a natural thing," an unnamed executive from one of the leading listed Chinese tech companies told Nikkei. "Whenever there is a so-called next big thing, multiple companies will announce that they are in this area, but some companies may be just hyping with the catchword without any concrete product."
"Another challenge is China's heavy censorship of cyberspace, which will make AI-generated content difficult, too."
Cloning the Stupid one? (Score:2)
"launch their own ChatGPT-like services in the near future, eager to show the results of their AI research efforts are just as ready for prime time as those of their U.S. counterparts."
It's strange. Other countries usually pride themselves on poaching/stealing away the best and brightest talent for their own use.
But in this case, they're taking the first dumbass they see, making it quite clear the humans ChatGPT are going to replace, are quite useless already.
Re: (Score:3)
But in this case, they're taking the first dumbass they see, making it quite clear the humans ChatGPT are going to replace, are quite useless already.
Well, if you ever talked to any big corporation's "customer service" lately, you sure know how useless human communication peers can be. Compared to ChatGPT, those minimum-wage call center agents have a similar ratio of falsehoods they tell you, and unlike ChatGPT, they do not even flexibly react upon what you tell them.
Re: (Score:2)
But in this case, they're taking the first dumbass they see, making it quite clear the humans ChatGPT are going to replace, are quite useless already.
Well, if you ever talked to any big corporation's "customer service" lately, you sure know how useless human communication peers can be...
Which is by design. Those that actually care about providing actual customer service, INVEST in their human capital to ensure they are actually supporting the customer and product instead of being at best a punch line, and at worst THE reason to never buy product.
And if ChatGPT can already make those kinds of humans unemployable, then a greedy capitalist world better get ready for a 20% unemployment rate, and Government leaders better figure out a way to curtail Greed before heads end up on pikes.
I cannot wait watching them dispute each other (Score:2)
Re: (Score:1)
I already invented the Troll-A-Matic back in 1999. -TrollAMatic, aka Tablizer.
Okay, the real question is (Score:2)
...how do we profit off this overexuberant ChatGPT gold-rush before reality pops the bubble?
And where is ChatGTSX? You slashies are slippin'
Re: (Score:1)
Take code snippet requests from Mechanical Turk, paste them into ChatGPT, do a quick compile and scan to make sure it actually works, then submit the snippets as your work. Do the same for articles.
Re: (Score:2)
L-A-Z-Y (Score:2)
"Making use of AI-generated content is a natural thing,"
Stupid. Plagiarizing a computer program or just printing Wikipedia for a essay... that's just lazy.