As technology advances at an unprecedented rate, Chinese tech companies are ramping up efforts to make a foray into the fast-growing artificial intelligence-generated content sector. These companies are rolling out AI-powered chatbots or products similar to ChatGPT called ChatJD,
In this article, we will explore the implications of this trend and the potential impact on content creation and human creators.
Launched by US-based AI research company OpenAI, ChatGPT can mimic human-like responses to prompts with AI-generated content and assist people with writing essays and scripts, drafting business proposals, creating poetry, and even checking program bugs by leveraging machine-learning algorithms.
Experts predict that AI-generated content and ChatGPT-related technologies will likely become a new engine driving innovation in content production, freeing human creators from tedious tasks and enabling them to focus on creative thinking. These technologies have immense application potential in various fields like culture, media, entertainment, and education.
Chinese enterprises possess the advantage of offering users AI-powered conversational results in the context of the Chinese language. However, more efforts are needed to pool resources in improving algorithm models, computing power, and natural language processing abilities. Alibaba Group confirmed on Feb 8 that it is developing a ChatGPT-style AI tool, which is currently under internal testing. The company did not give a timeline for its ChatGPT rival to be launched.
Baidu Inc, China’s largest search engine company, announced on Feb 7 that a similar AI chatbot project called Ernie Bot would complete internal testing in March before being launched publicly. The Beijing-based company has invested large sums of money in developing its Ernie system. This large-scale machine-learning model has been developed over several years and possesses in-depth semantic comprehension and generation capabilities.
Other Chinese tech companies have jumped on the chatbot bandwagon. JD Cloud, the cloud computing branch of Chinese e-commerce platform JD, announced on Feb 10 that it would launch a ChatGPT-like product called ChatJD for industrial applications based on its AI platform Yanxi. ChatJD features an AI-powered machine dialogue platform that can generate content and understand users’ intentions. The service is expected to be used in retail and finance.
NetEase announced on Feb 9 that its education subsidiary Youdao has been working on AI-generated content and is promoting its application in the education sector. Intelligent speech and AI company iFlytek said ChatGPT-related technology would be first used in its learning machine.
According to a report released by Tencent Research Institute, AI-generated content will lead to a new revolution in the field of digital content, bolster innovation in the digital culture industry, and facilitate the development of chatbots, digital humans, and the metaverse.
Chinese tech enterprises have unique advantages in expanding AI application scenarios globally compared with their foreign peers, based on China’s massive domestic social network and the world’s largest internet users. China has made significant progress in developing the AI industry. A Stanford University report showed that China filed more than half the world’s AI patent applications in 2021 and continues to lead the world in the number of AI journals, conference papers, and related publications.
In conclusion, as AI-generated content and ChatGPT-related technologies continue to evolve, we will see significant changes in how content is produced and humans interact with machines. While these technologies have the potential to free human creators from tedious tasks and boost productivity, it is important to remember that they will not replace the human workforce entirely. Chinese tech companies are well-positioned to take advantage of this trend, and we expect to see more exciting developments in this space in the coming years.