Alibaba, a Chinese tech company is set to roll out its own version of artificial intelligence (AI) similar to ChatGPT, goes by the name Tongyi Qianwen.
It was gathered through its cloud computing unit that it will integrate the chatbot across Alibaba’s businesses in the “near future” but did not give details on its timeline.
In recent months, technology companies around the world have unveiled their own so-called generative Artificial Intelligence chatbots, BBC reports.
Earlier this year, Alibaba revealed it was working on a rival to ChatGPT.
Tongyi Qianwen roughly translates as “seeking an answer by asking a thousand questions”, although Alibaba has not given an English version of the name.
“We are at a technological watershed moment driven by generative AI and cloud computing,” Alibaba’s chairman and chief executive Daniel Zhang said in as Tongyi Qianwen was launched.
The company said Tongyi Qianwen, which is capable of working in English as well as Chinese, will initially be added to DingTalk, Alibaba’s workplace messaging app.
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It will perform a number of tasks including turning conversations in meetings into written notes, writing emails and drafting business proposals, the company said.
Alibaba said it will also be integrated into Tmall Genie, which is similar to Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant smart speaker.
Interest in generative AI has surged since the release of ChatGPT by Microsoft-backed OpenAI in November.
Generative AI is capable of learning from past data to create content indistinguishable from human work.
ChatGPT can answer questions using natural, human-like language and it can also mimic other writing styles, using the internet as it was in 2021 as its database.
