Hugging Face Unveils Open-Source ChatGPT Competitor: Meet HuggingChat
Hugging Face has launched an open-source AI chatbot called HuggingChat, which is seen as a competitor to OpenAI's ChatGPT. This new chatbot offers various text composition services, including computer code, and can be used as a standalone website or embedded in existing software using Hugging Face's API. While it has many similar abilities to ChatGPT, HuggingChat emphasizes personalization and creating a unique and authentic connection between users and their avatar friends.
Users of HuggingChat have the option to choose characters that are already on the platform or ones customized specifically for them. The chatbot has been trained on emotions and empathy and is designed to create a more personalized and engaging experience for its users, as opposed to taking a neutral stance like ChatGPT. The group behind Open Assistant, the nonprofit LAION and its Open Assistant AI model, collaborated with Hugging Face to develop this chatbot.
It should be noted that HuggingChat is not currently at the same level as ChatGPT, but as an open-source software, it has the potential to improve rapidly. The creators of HuggingChat hope to build the assistant of the future, one that can do meaningful work, write text and code, use APIs, dynamically research information, and offer personalization and accessibility for everyone, all while being small and efficient enough to run on consumer hardware.
Eric Hal Schwartz is Head Writer and Podcast Producer for Voicebot.AI. Eric has been a professional writer and editor for over a dozen years, specializing in stories at the intersection of science, technology, business, and society. He is based in New York City.
