Sber, one of the Russian leaders in new technologies, announced on Monday that it was launching its own chatbot, joining the global race for these tools created from artificial intelligence (AI), such as the American star ChatGPT.
Sber “launches its own version” of a conversational robot, called “GigaChat”, “the first” in Russia, welcomed the public group in a press release posted on its site, specifying that the computer tool would be for the first time ” available”. in trial mode, by invitation only”.
According to Sber, GigaChat can “have a conversation, write texts, answer factual questions,” but also “write computer code” and “create images from descriptions.”
According to its general director, German Gref, who has driven the group’s digital change in recent years, the launch of this chatbot “is a breakthrough for the entire vast universe of Russian technologies.”
Internet: Russia tightens the screw
For several years, and especially since the introduction of strong sanctions against Moscow for its offensive in Ukraine, Russia has sought to strengthen its digital sovereignty and at the same time has strengthened its legislative arsenal that governs the Internet, in a context of political hardening. .
The Kremlin has thus demanded in recent months the blocking of sites and social networks, a way of censoring any dissident publication about its military offensive in Ukraine.
The launch of GigaChat comes a few months after the sensational debut last November of ChatGPT, a chatbot funded by US computer giant Microsoft, which quickly captivated users impressed by its ability to clearly answer difficult questions in seconds. . , to write sonnets or computer code.
The arrival of GigaChat can thus be seen as a new episode in the technological competition between Washington and Moscow, exacerbated since the conflict in Ukraine.
However, AI has significant concerns about its use and exploitation of personal data. Many countries have already announced that they want to regulate ChatGPT-like tools.
The latter was thus blocked shortly after its launch in several schools or universities around the world, for fear of cheating on exams, with companies advising their employees not to use the application.
In recent weeks, many Chinese technology companies such as Baidu, Alibaba or ByteDance (TikTok’s parent company) have said they are working on their own model of a conversational robot.
Source: BFM TV
