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OpenAI will block people in China from using its services


Although OpenAI’s services are available in more than 160 countries, China isn’t one of them.

OpenAI plans to block people from using ChatGPT in China, a country where its services aren’t officially available, but where users and developers access it via the company’s API anyway. Last month, the company revealed that it stopped covert influence operations — including one that originated from China — that used its AI models to spread disinformation across the interne. Bloomberg pointed out that OpenAI’s move coincides with Washington's pressure on American tech companies to limit China’s access to cutting-edge technologies developed in the US.

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