Chinese tech heavyweight Alibaba Group Holding Ltd confirmed on Wednesday it is developing a ChatGPT-style artificial intelligence-powered chatbot, which is currently in internal testing.

ChatGPT, the latest chatbot launched by US-based AI research company OpenAI, has gained wide popularity since its debut in November.

Leveraging machine learning algorithms, ChatGPT is able to mimic humanlike responses with AI-generated content and assist people with tasks such as writing essays and scripts, making business proposals, creating poetry and even checking program bugs, which it does within seconds.

The World Internet Conference (WIC) was established as an international organization on July 12, 2022, headquartered in Beijing, China. It was jointly initiated by Global System for Mobile Communication Association (GSMA), National Computer Network Emergency Response Technical Team/Coordination Center of China (CNCERT), China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC), Alibaba Group, Tencent, and Zhijiang Lab.