On Tuesday, Alibaba Group Holding Ltd demonstrated its generative AI model—its take on the technology that underpins chatbot phenomenon ChatGPT—and announced that it would soon be included into all of the company’s apps.
The government’s publication of draft regulations describing how generative AI services should be controlled occurred shortly after the unveiling, which followed the debut of a number of new AI products by SenseTime this week.
The AI large language model, Tongyi Qianwen, which translates to “truth from a thousand questions,” was seen in a video writing invitation letters, scheduling travel plans, and advising customers on what kind of makeup to buy.
Tongyi Qianwen can be used to summarize meeting notes, create emails, and draft business proposals. It will first be incorporated into DingTalk, Alibaba’s office messaging app. Additionally, Tmall Genie, Alibaba’s voice assistant, will receive it.
CEO Daniel Zhang stated at the livestreamed event that the technology “will bring about big changes to the way we produce, the way we work, and the way we live our lives.”
He went on to say that Tongyi Qianwen’s AI models represent “the big picture for making AI more popular in the future.”
The cloud division of the Chinese internet giant has started taking registrations for the purpose of opening Tongyi Qianwen to users so they can create their own unique huge language models.
According to the Cyberspace Administration of China’s draft regulations, the nation encouraged the development and adoption of the technology but required that the content produced adhere to “core socialist values” and to the country’s data security and privacy laws.
It further said that violators of the regulations risk fines or a criminal probe.
The proposed regulations, which are available for public comment until May 10th, come at a time when governments all around the world are considering the best ways to control generative AI technology, which has raised many ethical questions as well as concerns about its effects on national security, employment, and education.
