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After OpenAI launched its AI chatbot ChatGPT in November 2022, multiple companies such as Google, Meta, and Alibaba joined the AI race and released their own AI-powered chatbots.
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After Microsoft-backed OpenAI released its chatbot in late 2022, Google released its chatbot Bard in March.
Several countries are discussing tougher AI regulations. Earlier this month, Italy became the first Western country to ban ChatGPT over suspicions that the software could violate Europe’s strict privacy policies.
China’s Cyberspace Administration released AI guidelines on Tuesday. This includes security assessments of AI products before they go live, and the understanding that all products must represent socialist core values.
On Tuesday, the United States launched a public consultation on AI, allowing 60 days for public comment on AI regulation. It is used to help lawmakers approach AI development.
In 2021, the Biden administration banned the export of high-performance AI accelerator chips to China.
Meta: Sam and Llama
On April 5, Facebook parent company Meta released the Segment Anything Model, which can identify specific writing in photos and videos. You can select an object by clicking it, drawing a box around it, or typing its name at a text prompt. For example, writing the word cat will remove unwanted cats from your image or video. CEO Mark Zuckerberg says generative AI will be a top priority for the company, along with efficiency. According to Meta’s research paper, SAM runs on the “largest segmentation dataset ever” created. It was trained on 11 million images and has over 1 billion masks. Meta was already using AI in its backend to flag photos and in advertising, but in a Facebook post in February, Zuckerberg said it would be used as an “AI persona” for apps like Instagram and Whatsapp. ”, said that AI will be implemented in consumer products. However, SAM is not Meta’s answer to the OpenAI and large-scale language model craze. Llama does. The chatbot was announced in February and hasn’t been released to the public yet, according to the Verge, just a week after the announcement he was leaked on 4chan. Instead of open access like ChatGPT, Llama will be released as an open source package that anyone in the AI community can request.
Alibaba: Tongyi Qianwen
On Tuesday, Alibaba put its hat on the AI chatbot ring by demonstrating a new large-scale language model, Tongyi Qianwen. The Chinese tech conglomerate has announced that chatbots will initially only be built into workplace messaging platform Dingtalk and Tmall Genie smart speakers (similar to Amazon Alexa), but over time it will be integrated into all of the company’s products. It will be included. At this time, the chatbot that works in both Chinese and English is available for testing by enterprise customers only. In a demonstration, Group CEO Daniel Zhang showed that AI can do things like write business pitches, write emails, draft travel itineraries, take down meeting minutes, and much more.
Sensetime Group: Sensechat
SenseTime Group, a leading AI company in China, on Monday unveiled a user-facing AI chatbot called SenseChat along with AI language model SenseNova. The bot was created with SenseNova.according to bloomberg, SenseChat features include storybook creation, computer code, and email. SenseTime was sanctioned by the US after the country accused it of using facial recognition to spy on Uyghurs in China. The sanctions will prevent American investors from buying shares in the company.
Baidu: Erniebot
Chinese tech company Baidu unveiled its AI chatbot Ernie Bot in a livestream on March 16. CEO Robin Li showed that the bot calculates math problems, generates images and videos with prompts, and speaks in Chinese dialects. The company prioritizes access to “650 ecosystem business partners,” including media companies, car companies and banks. Baidu said that within an hour of the announcement, about 30,000 corporate customers were on the waiting list. During the reveal, Li emphasized that the bot isn’t perfect and will improve after more human interaction, but it was trained on a set of 550 billion facts. told investors on its February earnings call that the company would first implement Ernie Bot on Baidu’s search engine. Ernie Bot is based on the company’s deep learning model Ernie (Enhanced Representation through Knowledge Integration). Earlier this month, Baidu sued Apple for posting a fake version of Ernie Bot on the App Store. According to the company, Ernie Bot does not have an app.
References
US government seeks public input on how to regulate artificial intelligence (Forbes)
How to use AI (like ChatGPT and Bard) for everyday tasks like budgeting, finding airfare, and planning meals (Forbes)
Bard Vs. ChatGPT: Explaining Key Differences in AI Chat Tools (Forbes)
Here’s What You Need to Know About OpenAI’s ChatGPT—What Confuses You and How You Use It (Forbes)
Baidu shares drop to eight-week low after company reveals ChatGPT rival (CNBC)
China’s SenseTime rolls out latest challenger to ChatGPT (Bloomberg)
ChatGPT fan? 10 Generative AI Tools Worth Trying (Forbes)
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