HONG KONG : China has joined the global rush to generative artificial intelligence, boasting close to 80 AI models from firms like Baidu and Alibaba and startups attracting almost $14 billion of funding over the last six months.But unlike in the West, where OpenAI's ChatGPT has attracted more than 100 mil
HONG KONG : China has joined the global rush to generative artificial intelligence, boasting close to 80 AI models from firms like Baidu and Alibaba and startups attracting almost $14 billion of funding over the last six months.
The previously free-wheeling industry is now seen to be largely compliant, with firms from Alibaba to Tencent making over their businesses, slowing down expansion into new areas and laying off thousands of staff. But Henry Gao, a law professor at Singapore Management University, said the tight regulatory environment, now stricter than other countries in many areas, was expected to persist.
A key motivation behind China's reluctance to release AI chatbots is that Beijing fears uncensored chatbots may start influencing societal views in potentially subversive directions, said Mark Natkin, managing director of research firm Marbridge Consulting.China in April outlined a set of draft measures for generative AI services that said firms would need to submit security assessments to authorities before launching their products.
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