According to the business journal STAR Market Daily, Alibaba (9988. HK) is recruiting organizations to test its Tongyi Qianwen AI chatbot.
The free-to-use In November, Microsoft-backed (MSFT.O) OpenAI debuted ChatGPT, a large language model (LLM) program that generates articles and essays on demand.
STAR Market stated that Alibaba is registering firms to test its AI application.
A source told Reuters that the software was an Alternative for corporate customers.
On Friday, Alibaba’s cloud computing division tweeted, “Hi, my name is Tongyi Qianwen, this is our first time meeting, I welcome your input.”
The chatbot application’s official website asks for phone numbers and email addresses to seek an invitation but doesn’t explain its usage.
Emails to Alibaba Cloud went unanswered.
Tuesday’s Alibaba Cloud event will launch. The event will include Alibaba Group CEO and cloud division head Daniel Zhang.
Baidu Inc (9998.HKErnie )’s Bot app is now only available to trial users.
Huawei Technologies (HTW.UL) will launch Pangu, its NLP AI model, on Saturday.
Next week, SenseTime will present “cutting-edge artificial intelligence software.”
This Monday, Alibaba announced a reorganization into six businesses with their boards and CEOs. Zhang will remain the cloud division CEO.
