You’re not mistaken if it seems like everyone is scrambling to create an alternative to ChatGPT. Alibaba, China’s largest online retailer, acknowledged to CNBC that it is developing its own version of OpenAI’s popular AI chatbot. The business isn’t revealing any details or providing a release date, but it claims it has been working on generative AI since 2017 and is now undergoing internal testing.
This news comes as many IT titans have announced rivals or spinoffs of ChatGPT this week. Google introduced Bard, while China’s Baidu said that it was testing “Ernie Bot.” Meanwhile, Microsoft has introduced a new Bing that employs a “far more sophisticated” language model developed with the assistance of OpenAI. The text-generating AI is thought to be very beneficial for search since it can deliver extensive answers to highly precise requests.
Alibaba has not said how it intends to use AI. But, the corporation is a powerhouse in online commerce and has its fingers in a variety of other industries, including cloud computing and banking. A ChatGPT competitor might be valuable in many of these areas, and could help Alibaba compete with Baidu and other Chinese enterprises looking to leverage AI as a competitive edge.
