iFlytek, a voice-recognition company, based in China is the newest entrant to build artificial intelligence models. On Saturday , the company conducted a live demonstration of its generation language model SparkDesk, which it claims will outperform OpenAI's ChatGPT by October this year.
OpenAI took the lead in the generative AI race when it launched its conversational chatbot ChatGPT last year and set a benchmark for others to beat. While the likes of Google and Chinese counterpart Baidu launched their, ChatGPT has remained a market leader thanks to its superior capabilities. OpenAI also launched an advanced version of the AI model that is used to power ChatGPT but as time passes, others such as Alibaba Group are catching up fast. Now iFlytek is confident of superseding ChatGPT too.iFlytek's chairman, Liu Qingfeng, claims that the company has analyzed ChatGPT's primary directions and using information about the needs of their own customers has concluded that general AI needs seven core competencies.
During its live demonstration on Saturday, iFlytek showcased these seven competencies of SparkDesk. Apart from prompting the AI model to create stories using characters from two different time periods, the demonstration also showcased voice-recognition prompts, in both Chinese and English.
. The company claims that SparkDesk is also better than ChatGPT in answering questions and mathematical ability but will surpass the OpenAI product by October this year.IFlytek also shared applications of SparkDesk in areas such as education, automotive, office, and digital employees. This includes the use of AI for the correction of student essays, virtual tutors as a teaching aid for students, generating meeting minutes based on handwritten notes as well as smarter driving experiences.