A Chinese-language ChatGPT

The Chinese-made chatbot ChatGLM performs as well as ChatGPT on many measures and even outperforms it in Chinese, say its creators. Models that are tailored to different languages avoid “oversimplifying or neglecting the specific characteristics of certain languages and cultures”, says machine-learning specialist Adina Yakefu. Although ChatGPT and many of its rivals can respond in a variety of languages, most of them are built by US companies and mainly use English. By contrast, ChatGLM is designed to work in both Chinese and English.