China's AI charge: The battle begins to build ChatGPT challenger

China's AI charge: The battle begins to build ChatGPT challenger

FILE PHOTO: A smartphone with a displayed ChatGPT logo is placed on a computer motherboard in this illustration taken February 23, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

The launch of ChatGPT with a whopping 175 billion parameters impressed many — including Baidu co-founder and CEO Robin Li. Sensing what could be a disruptive threat to China’s AI sector, Li deemed it necessary for his company to launch its own large language model (LLM) that could match ChatGPT.

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