• ChatGPT is getting more and more competition
• SenseChat promises numerous possible uses
• Criticism of facial recognition
ChatGPT triggers AI trend
The chatbot ChatGPT from OpenAI is currently on everyone’s lips. The AI-supported service allows users to create entire texts or program code according to their request in the chat window. One of the major investors, the Windows developer Microsoft, has already taken advantage of the technology and built it into its Bing search engine. Similar services are being developed by Google and Baidu, among others. The Chinese Amazon rival Alibaba also wants to secure a share of the AI market with the language model Tongyi Qianwen.
SenseChat should become dangerous for ChatGPT
In addition to Baidu and Alibaba, Hong Kong-based software developer SenseTime is also working on a ChatGPT competitor. The service is called SenseChat and is based on the SenseNova model that the company has been working on for the past five years, according to Reuters. According to the agency, SenseTime presented various functions during a live demonstration in April. The AI assistant is said to have formulated an email, written a story and written software code as part of the demonstration. “We have focused on developing our large models. In addition to our powerful AI infrastructure… SenseTime has also developed the ability to deploy large models across our product line,” quoted Reuters as saying Wang Xiaogang, co-founder of the AI startup.
Release date unclear
However, unlike ChatGPT, SenseChat is not yet freely available. According to the news agency, it is not yet clear when the chatbot will be released. So far, the company has only made the new technology available to try out at trade fairs and events – including the Auto Shanghai motor show, which took place from April 18 to 27 at the Shanghai New International Expo Center in Shanghai. According to a report, reporters from the “Neue Zürcher Zeitung” were also there and put the service through its paces. While Baidu’s Ernie Bot apparently only spoke to a limited extent about the Chinese Communist Party and head of state Xi Jinping, SenseChat answered questions about the conflict between the USA and China in surprising detail – albeit to the displeasure of the SenseTime employees present. Similar to ChatGPT, SenseChat also tends to make up information when the correct answer isn’t available.
Additional AI tools should round off the user experience
According to the NZZ, a voice-based variant of the chatbot should be used in cars. According to Reuters, SenseTime is also working on other AI tools, such as an image generator, an application for creating avatars and 3D modeling tools. All of these applications should be able to be used in a complementary manner. “We can create a digital scene for a live streaming room. The product creation and interactive content are all generated by AI, and the live streaming room runs 24/7,” Xu explained the interaction of the various applications, according to the agency. “It’s even possible that at night you can’t even tell if it’s a real person doing the transmission.”
Criticism of face recognition
SenseTime was founded in 2014 and since then has developed several AI solutions – including facial recognition programs, which the Chinese government uses to identify and monitor the Uyghurs, who are considered an oppressed minority in China. Because of this purpose, the company has also been on a US blacklist since 2019. The US sanctions and the bad press for the company delayed the IPO plans that had already emerged in 2020. At the end of 2021, the company then dared to go public in Hong Kong.
Editorial office finanzen.net
Leverage must be between 2 and 20
No data
More news about Alibaba
Image sources: metamorworks / Shutterstock.com, Den Rise / Shutterstock.com