“Whenever there is a new product, I will try it,” Shi said. If a certain tool impressed him, he would pay for a subscription.
Shi is one of many tech-savvy Chinese users spoiled by a host of homegrown generative AI (GenAI) services as tech giants and liquidity-heavy startups fight for customers in a growing market. rapid growth. In November, regulators approved the public release of 252 GenAI services in the country.
While mainland companies initially lagged behind their Western counterparts in the AI arms race sparked by OpenAI’s release of ChatGPT in late 2022, Chinese companies have made rapid progress this year.
When OpenAI teased Sora in early February and provided limited access to a group of testers, it seemed that Chinese AI players, already hampered by escalating US chip restrictions, were lagging behind.
