Databricks unveils open-source chatbot as cheaper ChatGPT alternative

Databricks unveils open-source chatbot as cheaper ChatGPT alternative

FILE PHOTO: A smartphone with a displayed ChatGPT logo is placed on a computer motherboard in this illustration taken February 23, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

Databricks, a San Francisco-based startup last valued at $38 billion, on Friday released opensource code that it said companies could use to create their own chatbots along the lines of OpenAI’s ChatGPT.