US to China, tech giants hit the tracks in race for AI one-upmanship

ChatGPT Effect: Microsoft, Google, Baidu, Alibaba ready their own chatbot services

Applications based on generative artificial intelligence (AI) are set to be the new frontier for big tech companies. Soon after the US-based OpenAI kicked off the race with its conversational styled chatbot service named ChatGPT, Microsoft announced fresh investment of $10 billion in a multi-year multi-dollar deal with the company. It later announced ChatGPT integration in two of its offerings – Edge browser and Bing search.

In a quick succession, another US-based tech major, Google, announced Bard – a generative AI-based chatbot for its search engine. Joining the race soon would be China’s Baidu and Alibaba, which are working on