While the American giants are betting the package on artificial intelligence, Russia also wants to jump on the bandwagon. Sberbank has just announced that it has developed a ChatGPT competitor chatbot called GigaChat. Here are his prerogatives.
The chatbot battle rages on. While ChatGPT is leading the way, other chatbots are also starting to emerge. On the United States side, we obviously think of Google Bard and Microsoft Bing Chat. But other big countries also want their share of the cake, like China with Baidu’s Ernie Bot and, more recently, Russia.
Sberbank has just announced the launch of GigaChat which offers services similar to ChatGPT. The chatbot is able to generate texts, hold a conversation and answer factual questions. He also knows how to generate computer code and create images from text prompts like Midjourney or Dall-E. Logically, the Sberbank chatbot stands out for its excellent understanding of the Russian language.
Russia launches GigaChat, a new competitor to ChatGPT
Initially, GigaChat will only be available to a handful of testers who can sign up to take part in the trials via a closed Telegram channel.. “It is important to note that GigaChat can be used not only by those who like to experiment with new technologies, but also by students and even researchers for serious scientific work”welcomes Herman Gref, CEO of Sberbank.
In recent years, Sberbank has invested heavily in emerging technologies to spur domestic innovation and reduce reliance on foreign markets and US tech giants. The rise of GigaChat is thus part of the technological fight it wants to wage against the West, which however has a big head start in the AI sector.
