Alibaba says it is developing ChatGPT AI tool

FILE PHOTO: A person walks past a sign of Alibaba Group during the World Artificial Intelligence Conference, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Shanghai, China, September 1, 2022. REUTERS/Aly Song

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Alibaba on Wednesday confirmed it is developing a ChatGPT style AI tool which is currently in internal testing.

ChatGPT - which can generate articles, essays, jokes and even poetry in response to prompts - has been rated the fastest-growing consumer app in history.

(Reporting by Josh Horwitz and Brenda Goh in Shanghai; editing by Jason Neely)