OpenAI deactivated, smashed whose job?

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2024-06-25 15:54Posted on the official account of Zhejiang Tiger Sniff APP

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Author: Yu Yang

Editor|Miao Zhengqing

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In the early morning of June 25, Beijing time, API developers in various countries and related regions, including Chinese mainland, said on social media that they had received a "warning letter" from OpenAI, in which they said that they would take additional measures to stop the use of APIs in regions they do not support.

"The data shows that your organization has API traffic from regions that are not currently supported by OpenAl," the letter reads. Starting July 9th, we will take additional steps to stop the use of APIs from countries and regions that are not on OpenAI's list of supported countries. ”

One developer tweeted that he only used it in the United States and Dnipro, Ukraine, but received a warning, after which he contacted the help center to try to get some clues about what was going on and which areas were restricted by reaching out to humans. However, only to receive an automated reply from OpenAl, "Unfortunately, we are not fully operating in your region".

An enthusiastic netizen commented that perhaps they were too careful in their geolocation, so there was a big difference.

The exact reason for this is unclear, but speculation may be related to the expansion of the Internet block, and OpenAI's automatic detection may be problematic. Or, lately, OpenAI has gotten some policy pressure.

The API shutdown will affect some individuals and project teams that have developed their own R&D.

First, this decision means that users and organizations in the affected countries will not be able to directly access OpenAI's API services. For example, Chinese mainland and Hong Kong are not included in OpenAI's list of 161 countries and regions. As a result, users and organizations in these regions will no longer be able to use OpenAI's services unless they move to a country or region supported by OpenAI.

In addition, this decision may also lead to users being mistakenly blocked in some whitelisted countries. There have been reports of users being banned from using APIs, even in countries and regions supported by OpenAI. This suggests that OpenAI's API usage restrictions may not only be based on geographic location, but may also be related to the user's network environment or other factors.

This change is especially challenging for SaaS companies that rely on OpenAI's API services. This type of company provides users with cloud computing software applications through the Internet, users do not need to buy software, but use them on demand through subscription services, in the SaaS model, software applications are usually hosted on servers in the cloud, and users can access these applications through a network connection to achieve functions such as data storage, processing and analysis. This model has significant advantages in improving software distribution efficiency, lowering user thresholds, and achieving rapid iteration and large-scale services. These companies may also be affected by the ban if they provide services with users from countries or regions that OpenAI prohibits to access their APIs. This situation can cause significant disruption to their business operations.

In response to this change, domestic large-scale model companies also quickly reacted and introduced a "moving" service. For example, Zhipu's special moving plan and the introduction of silicon-based mobility are permanently free services. Zhipu has launched the OpenAI API service for users to switch to domestic large models, while GLM has fully benchmarked the OpenAI product system. Silicon-based flow announced that top open-source large models such as Qwen2 (7B), GLM4 (9B), and Yi1.5 (9B) will be free forever.

While realizing "token freedom", it can also be seen that in the rapidly changing market, every change is both a crisis and a turning point.

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