U.S. artificial intelligence leader OpenAI is seeking entry into the Chinese market after filing trademarks for two future models.
A report on Monday in the South China Morning Post said the company, backed by tech giant Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT), submitted applications for “GPT-6” and “GPT-7” in China.
OpenAI OpCo, the primary entity of the San Francisco-based company, lodged two applications for each model: first, under class 9 for scientific instruments, and second, under class 42 for technological services.
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While none of OpenAI’s services are currently available in China, the company is still waiting final approval on three prior trademark applications for “GPT-4“, the current version; “GPT-5” and “Whisper,” an automatic speech recognition tool.
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