Chinese AI firms woo OpenAI users as U.S. company plans API restrictions
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Chinese artificial intelligence(AI) companies are moving swiftly to attract users of OpenAI's technology, following reports that the U.S. firm plans to restrict access to its API in China and other countries.

ChatGPT maker OpenAI is planning to block access to technology used to build AI products for entities in China and some other countries, Chinese state-owned newspaper Securities Times reported on Tuesday.

ChatGPT is not available in mainland China but many Chinese startups have been able to access OpenAI's application programming interface (API) platform and use it to build their own applications, the Securities Times said. It added that since late Monday, Chinese users of the platform have received emails warning they are in a "region that OpenAI does not currently support" and that additional measures to block API traffic from some regions would be taken starting July 9. 

 One of the prominent Chinese AI companies, Zhipu AI, has announced a "Special Migration Program" for OpenAI API users. Zhipu AI claims that its GLM model fully benchmarks against OpenAI's product ecosystem and emphasizes security and controllability as key features of its technology. Other Chinese companies have also released chatbots powered by their own AI models over the past year, indicating a growing interest and investment in AI development in China. 

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