Openai raises concerns about Chinese artificial intelligence company Zhipu AI and calls it China's leading player to dominate the global AI market. In a blog post published on Wednesday (June 25th), the company said Zhipu ai It has made “notable advances” and is at the “frontline” that Beijing promotes to expand the impact of AI. Founded in 2019, Zhipu AI is described by Chinese media as one of the nation's “AI Tigers.” This is a group of large language model companies of growth that are considered key to China's strategy to reduce US reliance on technology.
Openai highlights Zhipu Ai's Beijing Link and overseas activities
According to Openai, Zhipu AI has received over $1.4 billion in support from sources related to various states, and maintains close ties with China Communist Party (CCP). The company's leadership is “frequently involved with CCP officials, including Prime Minister Li Qiang,” the blog post said.ChatGpt-Maker emphasizes that Zhipu also has offices in the UK, Singapore, Malaysia and the Middle East, and joint innovation centres of countries such as Indonesia and Vietnam. Openai warned that Zhipu's efforts will coincide with China's “Digital Silk Road” strategy, which aims to embed China's AI systems and standards in emerging markets.“In reality, this is: form an alliance to jointly build national LLMs with ASEAN and other belt and road capitals. Open a joint innovation centre.Embed safety labs, such as the new Dubai Content Safety Lab (backed by CN sources). Additionally, underwriting projects in the Gulf Capital (the Saudi Prosperity7 Aramco Fund took part in the US$400 million round) and Huawei Ascend Hardware are not on a Stargate level scale,” the company emphasized. “The goal is to lock China's systems and standards into emerging markets before we and our European rivals can introduce “an alternative to China's AI” that is “responsible, transparent and auditable,” Openai said.Zhipu Ai has not responded to Openai's latest remarks. However, Liu Debing's chairman last week said that Zhipu wanted “to contribute to the world with China's AI power.”Zhipu is also linked to China's military modernization efforts. This has led to it being included in the U.S. Department of Commerce Entity List in January. The company is reportedly preparing for its first public offering, and was worth around $2.78 billion in the end.Meanwhile, Openai is expanding its own unique presence. It recently secured a $200 million contract with the US Department of Defense and announced an “Openai for Government” program aimed at using the US public sector. It also plans to build an AI-focused facility in the UAE under the $500 billion Stargate project backed by Abu Dhabi's MGX and Japan's SoftBank.
