Alibaba Enters ChatGPT Fray With Speaker, Slack-Like App

pictureAlibaba will integrate its new AI model in smart speakers and office chat software, joining the race for a Chinese market competitor to ChatGPT. Photo: Bloomberg

(Bloomberg) — Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. will integrate its new artificial intelligence model in Amazon Echo-like smart speakers as well as office chat software, joining the race to offer a competitor to ChatGPT for the Chinese market.

The new AI model will be added to the company’s Slack-like DingTalk app as well its smart home appliance provider Tmall Genie, CEO Daniel Zhang said when he unveiled the model at the company’s tech summit in Beijing on Tuesday.