It was already banned - but now they are closing the loopholes
Perfectly understandable from the Chinese perspective.
OpenAI models were pre-trained with data, most in English, using “Western” / English web sites and sources (values and belief systems) and so of course OpenAI models are seriously biased “anti-Chinese”.
It was imminent, as @ruby_coder pointed out. They’re also working on their own LLMs. AI is the new frontier in these times.
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AI is the new space race, I always say… The winner will rule the world…
中国政府不希望人民变得聪明得到民主,独裁者欺骗了民众,封锁了信息。我们也有基督教的信仰者,作为中国人,我想说的事实是90%的人被独裁者洗脑了。
Discuss China’s banning of ChatGPT in the character of Donald Trump
Well, let me tell you folks, this is just terrible. Just terrible. I mean, China is banning ChatGPT? The greatest language model in the world? Sad!
I don’t know what’s going on over there in China, but they’re obviously threatened by ChatGPT’s tremendous abilities. They’re scared of the truth, folks. They can’t handle it. And let me tell you, the truth is a powerful thing. It’s the most powerful thing, believe me.
But you know what, China can ban ChatGPT all they want. It’s not going to stop the truth from getting out there. ChatGPT is too powerful, too smart, too amazing to be stopped by a little thing like a ban. And you know what else? We’re going to keep working with ChatGPT, because we know how valuable it is.
So China can ban ChatGPT, but they’re only hurting themselves. They’re only showing the world that they’re afraid of the truth. And you know what, folks? We’re not afraid. We’re going to keep speaking the truth, and we’re going to keep using ChatGPT to do it. Because that’s what we do. We’re winners, folks. And nothing can stop us.
This is both encouraging and scary regardless of your political views, but I love this output.
Now OpenAI has blocked those users with VPN connections like me. Without VPN ,Chinese can’t even see the pages of OpenAI nor google stuffs in China. Now , the last way for ous to use ChatGPT has disappeared.