Chinese firms also use proxy tools or an existing partnership with Microsoft, which is investing billions of dollars in its OpenAI, to access tools that allow them to embed AI technology into their products.
Shenzhen-based Proximai in December introduced a virtual character in its 3D game-like social app that used ChatGPT’s underlying technology to interact. Beijing-based entertainment software company Kunlun Tech plans to incorporate ChatGPT into its web browser Opera.
Sleekflow, a Tiger Global-backed startup in Hong Kong, said it is integrating AI into its customer relationship messaging tool.
“Our customers are all over the world,” said Henson Tsai, founder of Sleekflow. “Among other things, ChatGPT does excellent translation, sometimes better than other solutions available on the market.”
censorship
Reuters’ tests of ChatGPT indicate that the chatbot is not averse to questions that would be sensitive in mainland China. For example, when asked about his views on Chinese President Xi Jinping, he replied that he did not have a personal opinion and offered a variety of views.
But some of its proxy bots on WeChat have blacklisted such terms, according to another Reuters check, complying with China’s heavy censorship of cyberspace. When the same question was asked about Xi on the ChatGPT proxy bot, she responded by saying that the conversation violated the rules.
To comply with Chinese regulations, Will Duan, founder of Proximai, said that his platform would filter the information users presented during their interactions with ChatGPT.