Alibaba's Tongyi Qianwen: Next Generation of Chatbot Powered by Generative AI is Out

ChatGPT is a popular AI model that can generate realistic and engaging texts on almost any topic.

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Alibaba has recently unveiled Tongyi Qianwen, which means "seeking truth by asking a thousand questions," as its own version of generative AI.

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On 5th May, Tongyi Qianwen was launched by Alibaba Cloud through its official WeChat account.

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Alibaba's new chatbot service is now open to invite-only beta testing for business clients.

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All Alibaba’s business applications with a ChatGPT-style front end are rolled out as Tongyi Qianwen, which is a large language model that is available in beta test for enterprise customers in China and is based on Alibaba’s proprietary AI framework called Tongyi.

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Tongyi unified various AI models into Ali Baba’s proprietary pertained AI framework, on which Tongyi Qianwen is based.

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Tongyi Qianwen, a deep-learning algorithm that can produce human-like responses to queries, is based on generative AI.

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As planned by Alibaba, Tongyi Qianwen will eventually be integrated into all of Alibaba’s platforms, from e-commerce to mapping services.

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Tongyi Qianwen can perform various tasks such as summarizing meeting notes, writing emails, drafting business proposals, telling stories, planning trips, and giving shopping advice.

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Tongyi Qianwen’s website offers a productivity assistant and idea generator service that is powered by a large language model (LLM) and is designed to respond to human commands.

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