OpenAI has suspended TikTok parent ByteDance following a report that the China-owned firm was “secretly” using its “GPT” AI technology to build its own rival chatbot service.

Chinese tech giant ByteDance says it is using OpenAI’s technology “to a very limited extent” to help develop its own AI models.

Internal company documents confirm that TikTok’s Chinese parent company, ByteDance, has been using OpenAI’s GPT model to build a competitor, in violation of its license with Microsoft.

In today’s issue of Command Line, I reported that ByteDance has been violating the developer license of both Microsoft and OpenAI by using GPT-generated data to train its own, competing model in ...

Bytedance is currently expanding its reach and wading into the AI market. This month, the South China Morning Post reported that it was developing a chatbot-building competitor to OpenAI's ...

OpenAI subsequently suspended ByteDance’s access to its API. ByteDance spokesperson Seth said that ByteDance is using OpenAI through a license for Microsoft Azure, which gives it access to GPT.

What Happened: ByteDance admitted to using OpenAI's GPT to train a competing AI model in China, violating the developer license of Microsoft Corp. MSFT as well as OpenAI, reported The Verge.

SoftBank is preparing to lead fresh investment into OpenAI at a $300 billion valuation, Business Insider understands — a move that would value the ChatGPT maker the same as TikTok owner ByteDance.

Chinese tech giant ByteDance says it is using OpenAI’s technology “to a very limited extent” to help develop its own AI models. CNN values your feedback 1.