China's Alibaba invites businesses to trial AI chatbot
1 year, 8 months ago

China's Alibaba invites businesses to trial AI chatbot

The Hindu  

Tech giant Alibaba is seeking companies to test its Tongyi Qianwen AI chatbot, business publication STAR Market Daily reported on Friday, joining the rush to emulate the explosive success of ChatGPT. Alibaba has opened up registration for businesses to conduct testing for its AI application, STAR Market reported without specifying details. Alibaba's cloud computing division published a teaser on Friday, posting a message on social media simply stating: "Hello, my name is Tongyi Qianwen, this is our first time meeting, I welcome your feedback." Others to have joined the AI chatbot race include Baidu Inc., with its Ernie Bot application open only to trial users at the moment.

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The Hindu  

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