Russian Bank Releases a ChatGPT Rival
Russia is set to get a homegrown alternative to ChatGPT courtesy of Russia's largest bank PJSC Sberbank.
As Reuters reports(Opens in a new window), the majority state-owned banking and financial services company released a chatbot called GigaChat today, but limited access through an invite-only mode. The unique selling point of GigaChat, according to Sberbank, is the chatbot's ability to converse in Russian much more effectively than its rivals.
Sberbank is state-owned and has its headquarters in Moscow, so the Russian population should expect GigaChat's answers to questions on problematic subjects such as Ukraine to have passed through an approval process by the government.
Due to the sanctions facing the country right now, it's unlikely GigaChat will be made available outside of Russia. China seems to be taking a similar approach and a number of companies are working on homegrown alternatives to ChatGPT, with examples including Ernie Bot developed by Baidu and MOSS developed by the NLP Lab at Fudan University.
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