Beijing Supports Local Companies to Develop Artificial Intelligence Models

JAKARTA – The government of the city of Beijing, will support leading companies in building large artificial intelligence (AI) models that can challenge ChatGPT. This was said by the city's economic and information technology bureau, Monday, February 13.

"The city will support key companies investing in building open source frameworks and accelerating the supply of basic data," the bureau said in a statement quoted by Reuters.

The bureau also said that 1,048 core AI enterprises, or 29% of the country's total, were located in Beijing as of October last year, and would seek ways to develop talent and conduct research in areas such as ethical governance.

The hot ChatGPT from Microsoft-backed OpenAI is now the fastest-growing consumer app in history and is rapidly raising awareness in China of how advanced US AI is.

While residents in the country are unable to create OpenAI accounts to access artificial intelligence (AI) powered chatbots, companies are rushing to integrate the technology into their products and Chinese tech giants such as Baidu and Alibaba Group are also preparing to launch rival services.

Chinese regulators have so far not commented on ChatGPT, although state media has warned about stock market risks amid the local ChatGPT concept stock frenzy.