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Chinese regulators granted approvals to a total of 14 large
language models (LLM) for public use last week, Chinese
state-backed Securities Times reported. It marks the fourth
batch of approvals China has granted, which counts Xiaomi Corp,
4Paradigm and 01.AI among the recipients.
Beijing started requiring tech companies to obtain approval from
regulators to open their LLMs to the public last August. It
underscored China's approach towards developing AI technology
while striving to keep it under its purview and control.
Beijing approved its first batch of AI models in August shortly
after the approval process was adopted. Baidu, Alibaba and
ByteDance were among China's first companies to receive
approvals.
Chinese regulators then granted two more batches of approvals in
November and December before another batch was given the
greenlight this month. While the government has not disclosed
the exact list of approved companies available for public
checks, Securities Times said on Sunday more than 40 AI models
have been approved.
Chinese companies have been rushing to develop AI products ever
since OpenAI's chatbot ChatGPT took the world by storm in 2022.
At the time, China had 130 LLMs, accounting for 40% of the
global total and just behind the United States' 50% share,
according to brokerage CLSA.
One of China's leading ChatGPT-like chatbots, Baidu's Ernie Bot,
has garnered more than 100 million users, according to the
company's CTO in December.
(Reporting by Josh Ye; Editing by Shri Navaratnam)
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