Any company with a public-facing generative AI service could theoretically find themselves in the same crosshairs.
Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) firm Baidu faces potential US sanctions over the People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA’s) alleged use of the company's technology for military endeavors.
According to a Jan. 12 report from the South China Morning Post (SCMP), researchers in China used Baidu’s Ernie chatbot while working with the PLA on military technology.
Baidu categorically denies participating in the research or authorizing the use of its technology. A company statement indicates that Ernie was one of many language models used in the cited research, a list which includes OpenAI’s GPT3.5 and GPT 4.
