China-Made LLMs Lag Far Behind ChatGPT, Industry Sources Say

(Yicai Global) May 30 — Large language models developed in China are far behind OpenAI’s ChatGPT and must overcome challenges in raising money and securing data to catch up, according to researchers.

China-made LLMs are similar to ChatGPT when it comes to chatbots but fail to keep up as productivity tools and will not reach the same level for months, Qiu Xipeng, head of Moss, the LLM of Fudan University Natural Language Processing Group, told Yicai Global.

Domestic LLMs are one to two generations behind OpenAI, including in knowledge and learning ability, said Yang Zhiming, founder of…