Moonshot AI

Baidu and Zhipu AI’s large language models top Chinese generative AI rankings, but OpenAI, Anthropic remain ahead in overall performance

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Baidu’s Ernie Bot 4.0 and start-up Zhipu AI’s GLM-4 rank top among Chinese large language models (LLMs), but their foreign rivals still lead in overall capabilities, according to a new test by Tsinghua University in Beijing. The SuperBench assessment report examined 14 representative LLMs – the technology underpinning generative artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots – and … Read more

China’s 4 new ‘AI tigers’ – Baichuan, Zhipu AI, Moonshot AI and MiniMax – emerge as investor favourites

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A group of artificial intelligence (AI) start-ups are emerging as China’s best hopes for reaching the frontier of ChatGPT-like technology, as they draw increasing attention from users and investors. Among them, Baichuan is the latest to complete a new round of fundraising. While the start-up told the Post on Thursday that there had been some … Read more

Baidu claims 200 million users for Ernie chatbot, in sign that generative AI investments are paying off

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Baidu’s artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot Ernie Bot has attracted over 200 million users, according to company co-founder and chief executive Robin Li Yanhong, as the race to commercialise AI heats up in China. Ernie Bot reached the milestone just 13 months after its launch, with enterprise client numbers exceeding 85,000, Li said at Baidu’s AI … Read more

Alibaba-backed Moonshot AI narrows gap with Baidu’s Ernie Bot as China’s generative AI rivalry heats up

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Alibaba-backed Moonshot AI narrows gap with Baidu’s Ernie Bot as China’s generative AI rivalry heats up The competition among Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots is heating up, as Moonshot AI, a 12 month old start-up, has overtaken Alibaba Group Holding’s Tongyi Qianwen and is narrowing the gap with domestic leader Baidu’s Ernie Bot, according to … Read more

Chinese generative AI developers rush to upgrade chat bots to handle super long texts

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China’s biggest generative artificial intelligence (AI) developers, including Baidu and Alibaba Group Holding, have rushed to upgrade their chat bots so they can handle super long texts of up to 10 million Chinese characters. The move follows Google, which in February unveiled the latest version of its Gemini large language model (LLM) that achieves a … Read more

Alibaba-backed Moonshot AI claims breakthrough in expanded Chinese-character prompt for Kimi chatbot

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Chinese artificial intelligence company Moonshot AI claims that its Kimi chatbot can now handle up to 2 million Chinese characters in a single prompt – the instruction or query a user enters into the interface of a ChatGPT-like service – to surpass the capabilities of existing home-grown AI tools. The Beijing-based start-up, known in Chinese … Read more

Chinese venture capitalist Allen Zhu steers clear of mainland tech firms’ AI large language model frenzy

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“I believe in applications and those that can commercialise immediately,” said Zhu, who indicated that he did not invest in any LLM-focused company on the mainland last year. Sample code for an artificial intelligence large language model. Photo: Shutterstock Li pointed out that there were too many LLMs being introduced in mainland China, “but too … Read more

Alibaba said to lead new financing round for Chinese AI firm MiniMax that would value the start-up at over US$2 billion

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Shanghai-based MiniMax, which was founded in 2021, is in the process of raising new funding that would value the company at more than US$2 billion, another investor with knowledge of the matter said. The two investors requested anonymity because they are not authorised to speak to the media. A report by Bloomberg on Tuesday said … Read more

Chinese start-up Moonshot AI raises US$1 billion in funding round led by Alibaba and VC HongShan amid strong interest for OpenAI-type firms

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The start-up in October launched smart chatbot Kimi Chat, built on its self-developed Moonshot large language model (LLM), which can process as many as 200,000 Chinese characters in a context window – referring to the swathe of text that an AI model can process during conversation with users. A screenshot of smart chatbot Kimi Chat. … Read more