Hugging Face introduces HuggingChat to compete with OpenAI's ChatGPT.

Hugging Face, an AI startup, has released an open source alternative to OpenAI's ChatGPT called HuggingChat. The AI model behind HuggingChat was developed by Open Assistant, a project organized by LAION. HuggingChat can handle tasks like writing code, drafting emails, and composing rap lyrics. However, it can derail quickly depending on the questions it's asked. HuggingChat joins a growing family of open source alternatives to ChatGPT, and some researchers have criticized the release of open source models in the past, arguing that they could be used for malicious purposes.