In partnership with many other universities, a generative AI research and development center headed by the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology created the ChatGPT-like program.
The innovation minister of Hong Kong announced that the government is testing a ChatGPT-like tool for its workers and eventually aims to make it public. This comes after OpenAI went above and beyond to prevent access from the city and other unsupported regions. In order to enhance its capabilities, Secretary for Innovation, Technology, and Industry Sun Dong announced on a Saturday radio broadcast that his bureau was testing an artificial intelligence software called “document assistance application for civil servants,” which translates to “AI for document assistance.” This year, he intends to make it accessible to the entire government.
In partnership with many other universities, a generative Al research and development center headed by the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology created the program. In the future, Sun claimed, the model will include features like graphics and video creation. It was unknown how close it would come to matching ChatGPT’s capabilities.
Sun stated on the radio program that the government and business leaders would be involved in the model’s future advancement. “Given Hong Kong’s current situation, it’s difficult for Hong Kong to get giant companies like Microsoft and Google to subsidize such projects, so the government had to start doing it,” he stated.
China hopes to overtake the United States as the world’s leading Al company by 2030, and Beijing and Washington are engaged in a contest for Al supremacy. China is not listed among the “supported countries and territories” of OpenAI, a well-known artificial intelligence company; neither is Hong Kong or the neighboring Macao. The creator of ChatGPT has warned that accounts trying to access its services from specified regions may have their access to it stopped, but it has not stated why certain territories were left out.
A post on OpenAI’s online forum and reports from local media sources state that the firm informed some users via email that, beginning July 9, it would be implementing further safeguards to prevent connections from regions that are not on the approved list. It did not provide an explanation for the most recent action. Due to China’s firewall, which restricts access to the internet for citizens, ChatGPT is theoretically inaccessible there, much like the majority of foreign websites and services. Dedicated people can still access widely accessible “virtual private networks” that get around limitations.
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