According to The Wall Street Journal, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said Saturday in Beijing as the company restricted access to AI chatbots in China and Hong Kong. conference praised China.

Altman was invited to attend the conference of the Beijing Society for Artificial Intelligence and highly appreciated China’s talent and potential in this field. according to to the WSJ. His company OpenAI is the developer of the popular chatbot ChatGPT. Banned Recently in Hong Kong as well.

“China has the best AI talent in the world,” Altman said at the conference, adding, “Therefore, I sincerely hope that Chinese AI researchers will make great contributions here.”

The WSJ said Altman’s remarks sparked an enthusiastic response from the audience.

The company currently restricts its products in mainland China, Iran, North Korea, Russia and Syria. according to The website states which countries are accessible. It is now on sale in Taiwan as well. (Related: As U.S. relations sour, top U.S. CEOs secretly leave for China to rebuild business ties)

In May’s congressional testimony, Mr. Altman discussed the dangers of China overtaking the United States in the AI ​​arms race.

“I mean, it’s dangerous. It slows down American industry in a way that China or someone else progresses faster,” Altman said earlier.

According to the WSJ, OpenAI has not justified its ban in Hong Kong. but, Hong Kong there is national security law This makes blaming the government illegal in many cases and can be risky for chatbots.

OpenAI did not immediately respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s request for comment.

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