After OpenAI stopped providing API services in China, competition in the domestic large model market has become increasingly fierce. This incident not only had an impact on startups that relied on OpenAI services, but also prompted domestic manufacturers to accelerate the development and promotion of independent and controllable large models. As a leading company in the field of artificial intelligence in China, iFlytek’s response and coping strategies deserve attention. The editor of Downcodes will analyze for you the measures iFlytek has taken to face this challenge and the changes in the market competition landscape.
In June this year, OpenAI decided to stop providing API services to China. Industry analysts believe that this may have an impact on some startups that rely on OpenAI's large models for secondary development.
Recently, some investors asked iFlytek on an interactive platform whether iFlytek has plans to accept domestic users who originally used OpenAI services, given that OpenAI has stopped API services in China. iFlytek responded that after OpenAI shut down its API services in China, iFlytek's API calls increased significantly. This matter further verifies the necessity of the research and development of independent and controllable general-purpose large model bases. All technical modules of iFlytek's Spark model are completely independently developed based on iFlytek's years of accumulation in the field of artificial intelligence, and have built a nationally produced computing system. With its unique advantages, and through authoritative, objective and systematic evaluation, the iFlytek Spark model is at the leading level among domestic large models.
It is reported that iFlytek launched iFlytek Spark Model V4.0 on June 27, and claimed that it has comprehensively upgraded its capabilities in text generation, language understanding, knowledge question and answer, logical reasoning and mathematical capabilities. It competes with GPT-4Turbo and surpasses it in some areas.
The rapid response of iFlytek and the outstanding performance of the iFlytek Spark model demonstrate that domestic manufacturers have the ability to cope with international competition, and also provide a boost to the development of the domestic artificial intelligence industry. The withdrawal of OpenAI has provided valuable market opportunities for large domestic model manufacturers. The competition in the future will be more intense and worth looking forward to.