This June, OpenAI decided to cease providing API services to China. Industry analysis suggests that this could affect some startups that rely on OpenAI's large models for secondary development.
Recently, investors inquired on an interactive platform about iFLYTEK, asking whether iFLYTEK has any plans to accommodate domestic users who were previously using OpenAI's services, given that OpenAI has halted API services in China. iFLYTEK responded that since OpenAI's suspension of API services in the Chinese region, the API call volume for iFLYTEK's StarFire has seen a significant increase. This further demonstrates the necessity of independent and controllable research and development of general large models. All technical modules of the iFLYTEK StarFire large model are completely self-developed based on iFLYTEK's many years of accumulation in the field of artificial intelligence, and have established a unique advantage in national industrialized computing power. It has also been evaluated as a leading large model in China through authoritative, objective, and systematic assessment.
It is reported that on June 27, iFLYTEK launched the iFLYTEK StarFire Large Model V4.0, claiming that it has conducted comprehensive capability upgrades in multiple aspects such as text generation, language understanding, knowledge answering, logical reasoning, and mathematical ability, competing with GPT-4Turbo and achieving surpasses in some areas.