Chinese regulators licensed a total of 14 widely used large language models (LLMs) last week, the Securities Times reported.
Beijing began requiring tech companies to get regulatory approval to open their LLMs to the public last August, underscoring China’s approach of developing AI technology while trying to keep it under control.
The World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai, China on July 6, 2023. Photo: Reuters
Beijing approved the first batch of AI models in August 2023, shortly after the approval process was completed. Baidu, Alibaba and ByteDance were the first Chinese companies to receive approval.
Chinese regulators then issued two more batches of approvals in November and December before giving another green light this month. While authorities have not publicly disclosed the exact list of approved companies, Securities Times reported on Sunday that more than 40 AI models have been approved.
Chinese companies have been rushing to develop AI products since OpenAI's ChatGPT chatbot took the world by storm in 2022. At that time, China had 130 LLMs, accounting for 40% of the global total and just behind the US's 50% market share, according to brokerage CLSA.
Baidu's Ernie Bot, one of China's top chatbots, has attracted more than 100 million users, the company said as of December 2023.
Mai Anh (according to Reuters)
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