The approval of these LLM chatbots could lead to rapid growth and mass adoption in China. Baidu's Ernie Bot, one of the approved applications, climbed to the top of free iOS apps in China within a day of the filing announcement, boosting the company's share price in Hong Kong. This comes months after tech giants unveiled their ChatGPT counterparts but had to limit access to industry insiders.
Key takeaways:
- China has approved the first batch of large language model-empowered services for public use, with eight generative AI applications registering with the country's cyberspace authority.
- These applications include Baidu's Ernie Bot, ByteDance's Doubao, Sogou founder's Baichuan, and chatbots from top research institutions like Tsinghua University and Chinese Academy of Sciences.
- China's AI law requires algorithms that can influence public opinions to be registered with the relevant government organ and generative AI service providers must obtain an administrative license to operate in the country.
- The successful filings of the LLM chatbots could lead to a period of rapid growth and mass adoption in China, with Baidu's Ernie Bot already climbing to the top of free iOS apps in China within a day of the filing announcement.