Russia’s Sberbank said on Monday it had released a technology called GigaChat as a rival to ChatGPT, initially in an invite-only testing mode, joining the artificial intelligence chatbot race. The release last year of ChatGPT, a chatbot from the Microsoft-backed startup OpenAI, has caused a sprint in the technology sector to put AI into more users’ hands. The technology can be used to write poetry, marketing copy, and computer code, explain quantum mechanics in simple terms, or even pass exams like an MBA. That’s all thanks to its unique ability to mimic human language. But there are limitations. As with … Continue reading Russia’s Sberbank Releases GigaChat As a Rival to ChatGPT