Russia creates their own ChatGPT: GigaChat

Sberbank, Russia's largest financial institution, has launched GigaChat, a chatbot that rivals OpenAI's ChatGPT. Lets know more about it, and see how it compares in comparison to the current market leader.

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[{"selector":"#anim-2c2ff9be-dd0e-4330-a7b8-726a5cd74d14","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-4cfa83f9-d9a3-40da-a29c-9ee8791e2398","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-129.11877%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] GigaChat is only available in invite-only testing mode at present. GigaChat is only available in invite-only testing mode at present.

[{"selector":"#anim-bff86ac6-9cd5-4e3c-af9b-72cfd1b9f419","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-ff5eadf6-aa10-48d3-afed-179e8d037dfb","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-124.10072%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Sberbank is heavily investing in tech to lessen Russia's dependence on imports after Western nations minimized exports & imposed sanctions. Sberbank is heavily investing in tech to lessen Russia's dependence on imports after Western nations minimized exports & imposed sanctions.

[{"selector":"#anim-385f2014-36fc-4a70-9713-0163e5792465","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-546edce5-837c-4849-8d64-a31438285b41","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-115.09434%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] GigaChat can converse fluently and intelligently in Russian, making it unique compared to other global neural networks. GigaChat can converse fluently and intelligently in Russian, making it unique compared to other global neural networks.

[{"selector":"#anim-72d69bef-d84c-4539-bc8e-50ca21ca3d3b","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-72fc5841-0a02-4b0e-ab81-85a0863212cf","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-120.47782%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Sberbank is Russia's largest financial institution and is working towards becoming the country's tech leader. Sberbank is Russia's largest financial institution and is working towards becoming the country's tech leader.

[{"selector":"#anim-24c45dcf-c252-421a-a78d-f69783f2df63","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-7b010319-bdfc-4e5e-9385-d2bc20b591c8","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-129.34363%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] GigaChat can answer questions, hold conversations, write program code, and generate images. GigaChat can answer questions, hold conversations, write program code, and generate images.

[{"selector":"#anim-86b0709c-82b9-4cb9-9956-4926c6420ae4","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-2231c26e-e6ce-42dc-9440-af5bc1a197ff","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-128.03031%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] GigaChat has multimodal features, giving it an edge over ChatGPT, which is currently limited to text. GigaChat has multimodal features, giving it an edge over ChatGPT, which is currently limited to text.

[{"selector":"#anim-b05987bb-4417-4258-867c-2ab1bb7ae515","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-2c9ddfd1-a5af-486d-8144-3bf7eb172708","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-132.53012%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] The Russian tech industry is not alien to AI and has harnessed it for content and deep fakes. The Russian tech industry is not alien to AI and has harnessed it for content and deep fakes.

[{"selector":"#anim-4220dbd4-7a2b-4176-a008-250fc62c4bc6","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-ad2bab24-3e8b-4033-a53f-ad390c7cc034","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-121.72413%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Russia has distanced itself from OpenAI's ChatGPT due to concerns about its potential misuse in the ongoing indirect war with Western nations. Russia has distanced itself from OpenAI's ChatGPT due to concerns about its potential misuse in the ongoing indirect war with Western nations.

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