Chinese tech giants are launching products to rival artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT. Baidu has launched Ernie Bot, and Alibaba said it soon plans to roll out Tongyi Qianwen. But these chatbots in China will be subject to Beijing’s strict censorship regime and regulations governing the development of AI. Will they prevail?
ChatGPT, the artificial intelligence chatbot developed by U.S. firm OpenAI, has caused excitement around the world.
Now Chinese technology giants are rolling out their rivals to ChatGPT. Baidu is testing its chatbot called Ernie Bot, while Alibaba is rolling out Tongyi Qianwen.
But these launches come against an interesting backdrop – heightened scrutiny by Chinese regulators on the domestic tech sector, Beijing’s political censorship, and rivalry between China and the world’s democracies.
Chinese chatbots are expected to look very different from their Western counterparts.