Ex-Google China chief Kai-Fu Lee joins ChatGPT mania with new AI venture

Ex-Google China chief Kai-Fu Lee joins ChatGPT mania with new AI venture

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

Google China’s former chief Kai-Fu Lee is poised to sop up talent from China’s recent tech layoffs for a new artificial intelligence (AI) startup that will build apps and a platform in the vein of Microsoft-backed chatbot ChatGPT.