AI Landscape: Navigating Illusions of Benchmarking

Chinese AI development extends beyond large language models, demonstrating features akin to Western counterparts. The user experience resembles that of popular models like ChatGPT, with similar functionalities such as text prompts, image uploads, and mathematical calculations. However, the foundational models in China still lag behind their Western equivalents. Notably, recent dynamics show competitive strides in the Chinese market since Baidu's bot release, which claimed parity with GPT-4 on certain benchmarks. This claim proved misleading upon user testing, highlighting the need for skepticism regarding benchmark numbers, as companies may selectively present data to inflate their models' perceived capabilities. Despite this, several emerging Chinese models are reportedly nearing GPT-4 performance levels.