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How Chinese netizens are bypassing China’s ChatGPT ban 

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(FILES) In this file photo taken on January 23, 2023 in Toulouse, southwestern France, shows screens displaying the logos of OpenAI and ChatGPT. - At least two complaints have been filed to the Cnil in France on the use of personal data by Open AI's conversational chat bot ChatGPT, already under similar procedures in other countries, plaintiffs told AFP on April 5, 2023. (Photo by Lionel BONAVENTURE / AFP)

Microsoft-backed OpenAI’s ChatGPT services are not available to Chinese users. Access to the OpenAI website is still available, but attempts to open the chat function on a Chinese Internet connection results in an error code. 

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- AI Creative Chat, Chat Intelligence AI, and Yiqi AI Chat. 

These names might seem unfamiliar to most, but all three claim to be the Chinese version of artificial intelligence (AI) service ChatGPT. 

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