China’s Internet users finding creative uses for ChatGPT


The chatbot is not officially available in mainland China or Hong Kong, but users are finding ways round the problem. The service is being used for everything from coding to fitness – and even to cheat in exams on Marxist theory. — SCMP

Chinese Internet users are finding ways to jump on the ChatGPT bandwagon even though the service is not officially available in the mainland or Hong Kong.

ChatGPT is a language model trained by the research and development company OpenAI to generate humanlike text. The service attracted one million registered users in its first week after launching last month.

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