China says it sees the potential of ChatGPT-like technology

China’s Ministry of Science and Technology mentioned on Friday mentioned it noticed the potential of ChatGPT-like tech and could be pushing for the combination of synthetic intelligence into Chinese society and the financial system.

“(This technology) has the potential to be applied in many industries and fields,” Chen Jiachang, who heads the ministry’s high-tech division, advised a news briefing, praising its pure language processing capabilities.

Minister Wang Zhigang additionally advised the identical briefing that from an ethics standpoint, applied sciences like ChatGPT shouldn’t be restricted an excessive amount of to allow them to be developed successfully, although he cautioned that each one technological achievements have “two sides”.

Their feedback come at a time when Chinese tech firms and traders are maintaining a tally of how Beijing will regulate ChatGPT-like expertise.

Microsoft-backed OpenAI has stored its hit ChatGPT app off-limits to customers in China however the app is attracting big curiosity within the nation, with corporations speeding to combine the expertise into their merchandise and launch rival options.

Search engine big Baidu plans to launch in March a Chinese rival to ChatGPT referred to as ErnieBot. CEO Robin Li mentioned on Wednesday that ErnieBot has been educated on billions of each day search engine requests and represents the “state of the art” in relation to Chinese-language AI chatbots.

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