China bans tech companies from offering users access to ChatGPT - media

22 February 2023, 19:59 | Technologies
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Chinese regulators have ordered major tech companies not to offer their users access to the ChatGPT chatbot. Beijing fears bot will give users uncensored answers, Nikkei reports, citing sources..

Tencent Holdings and Ant Group, a fintech affiliate of Alibaba Group Holding, have been instructed not to offer access to ChatGPT services on their platforms either directly or through third parties.. Sources also added that tech companies will need to report to regulators before launching their own ChatGPT-like services..

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ChatGPT, developed by OpenAI, is not officially available in China. However, some users have already been able to use it through a VPN.. In addition, dozens of third-party "

Under pressure from regulators, Tencent has suspended several such third-party services, whether they were connected to ChatGPT or were in fact copycats..

Earlier, state-run China Daily published a post on Weibo stating that the bot “could lend a helping hand to the US government in spreading disinformation and manipulating global narratives for its own geopolitical interests.”.



Sources in Chinese tech companies noted that such an attitude towards the chatbot did not come as a surprise to them.. One of the companies said they understood that ChatGPT would have problems entering the Chinese market due to local censorship. Another company added that they would not offer users access to ChatGPT even without specifying, since they are already under the supervision of regulators..

Recall that on February 18, the ChatGPT chat bot by OpenAI became available in Ukraine. We tell you how it works and how you can use it.




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