Response in Chinese by ChatGPT, an AI chatbot developed by OpenAI. (Image: Reuters/Florence Low/Illustration)
Google’s Chinese counterpart, Baidu Inc., revealed on February 7 that it would complete internal testing of Ernie Bot, a comparable AI chatbot project, by March and then go live.
After chips, China is gearing up for the next tech war against the US amid rapid advances in generative artificial intelligence in recent months. Chinese companies are ramping up efforts to enter the booming AI content sector. But apart from the hype and excitement, people are probably missing the danger factors in the AI game, especially with China.
ChatGPT from OpenAI, an American company, has taken the world by storm since its launch in November due to its advanced conversational features. On February 6, Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai announced the launch of its AI chatbot, Bard, in a blog post.
Google’s Chinese counterpart, Baidu Inc., revealed on February 7 that it would complete internal testing of Ernie Bot, a comparable AI chatbot project, by March and then go live. The plan is to make it available as an app first and then integrate the Ernie bot into Baidu’s search engine.
Similarly, Alibaba Group, China’s largest cloud computing company and e-commerce company, announced that its research institute Damo Academy is internally testing ChatGPT-style AI technology. It is believed that the chatbot could be integrated into Alibaba’s products but no timeline has been announced for the launch.
However, there are other Chinese companies such as Tencent Holdings, JD.com and NetEase, which are working on rolling out AI-powered chatbots or similar products. Even as it is now clear that Chinese and American tech companies are gearing up for a new supremacy race, News18 dives into the cyber world to find out whether China’s threat is coming in the form of AI chatbots.
China’s concern
Although ChatGPT is not officially blocked by the Chinese government, citizens are unable to sign up for OpenAI. Additionally, Google removed its search engine from China in 2010 as a result of the country’s severe online government control.
So, it is quite obvious that Chinese tech companies needed to have an AI plan for their people. Even the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Economy and IT said it would support companies to develop large AI models and focus on building an ecosystem of applications for open-source AI frameworks.
Despite the fact that these companies will launch AI chatbots for the local market, there is a particular concern about the intentions of the Communist government in China, a known haven for hackers and infamous for cyber espionage. So, what if they allow the world to use them?
Septes CEO Priya Ranjan Panigrahi said that if China developed its own ChatGPT there would be a lack of transparency as well as bias in information, and other countries might worry that the model could be used for espionage or cyber attacks. can be done.
“It is expected that the model may exhibit biases that reflect the values or attitudes of the Chinese government and their culture. This will hugely impact how the model is used in applications such as natural language processing or chatbots,” Panigrahi said. he said.
He added: “We strongly believe that if a large language model of the ChatGPT type is developed by China, there is a great potential that the algorithms of these chatbots could be poisoned with false information. With false data Bad data will create a confusing data environment.”
The expert further added that considering how the Chinese government controls everything that is used in China, tools like ChatGPT will not be spared if they develop their own.
Serakal CEO Shrikant Bhalerao said: “Data privacy and machine-to-machine communication can be a concern, as China is the largest chip maker, they can introduce embedded functions that can be easily integrated with AI “
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