WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG? China’s Baidu to launch ChatGPT-style bot in March.

Chinese internet search major Baidu Inc is planning to launch an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot service similar to OpenAI’s ChatGPT in March, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters.

The technology firm plans to launch the service as a standalone application and gradually merge it into its search engine, said the person, who declined to be identified as the information is confidential.

ChatGPT’s technology works by learning from vast amounts of data how to answer prompts by users in a human-like manner, offering information like a search engine or even prose like an aspiring novelist.

Chatbots in China currently focus on social interaction whereas ChatGPT performs better at more professional tasks, such as programming and essay writing.

Chat CCP’s responses to questions about Communist China’s dark history would be fascinating to read. But, ala 1984’s two-way telescreens, I wonder if Chat CCP is programmed to report doubleplus ungood crimethink for reeducation purposes?

UPDATE: China Boasts of ‘Mind-reading’ Artificial Intelligence that Supports ‘AI-tocracy.’ “An artificial intelligence (AI) institute in Hefei, in China’s Anhui province, says it has developed software that can gauge the loyalty of Communist Party members – something that, if true, would be considered a breakthrough, but has sparked public outcry. Analysts said China has improved its AI-powered surveillance, using big data, machine learning, facial recognition and AI to ‘get into the brains and minds of its people,’ building what many call a draconian digital dictatorship.”

(Updated and bumped.)