ByteDance is testing an artificial intelligence-powered chatbot among its employees, and has partnered with rival Chinese internet conglomerates from Alibaba Group Holding to Baidu in a race to develop local versions of ChatGPT. I’m joining.
TikTok’s owners have code-named the project “Grace,” a ByteDance spokesperson said, declining to provide further details. According to one of the testers, employees using the service were shown a pop-up message stating that the service is based on several large language models, and requested anonymity to discuss internal projects. It says.
This mysterious chatbot is the first official indication of ByteDance’s commitment to the nascent field of generative AI, which began after OpenAI showed its potential by deploying ChatGPT in November. The Chinese company, which also operates domestic video service Douyin, has been developing smartphone apps based on AI algorithm recommendations since computer gurus Zhang Yiming and Liang Rubo founded the company more than a decade ago.
China’s Internet sector has started to invest in AI head-on. Search leader Baidu delivered the first major answer to his ChatGPT, Ernie his bot, in March, putting rivals his platform announcing competition from companies such as Alibaba, Tencent Holdings and SenseTime his group. I lit a fire. Local Chinese media reported that ByteDance was developing its own large-scale language model, but the company has not confirmed this.
While Western peers like ChatGPT and Google’s Bard likely don’t exist, they are all vying for control of the lucrative domestic market. China’s top internet regulator has said generative AI tools will require a security review before they can be put into practical use. Meanwhile, US sanctions have deprived Chinese tech companies of the best chips for training AI models.
Globally, TikTok is also experimenting with a chatbot named Tako. For now, it appears as an instant messenger within TikTok’s main platform, where users can ask questions.
