HONG KONG -- The race to deliver China's answer to ChatGPT is entering its next stage: the application war. But regulatory constraints and other structural hurdles threaten to hold back progress even as technology players in the West surge ahead.
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A wave of Big Tech companies in China are launching chatbots to the public after winning approval from the authorities. (NIKKEI montage/Source phots by AP and Getty)
HONG KONG -- The race to deliver China's answer to ChatGPT is entering its next stage: the application war. But regulatory constraints and other structural hurdles threaten to hold back progress even as technology players in the West surge ahead.