Chai AI
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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Artificial intelligence |
| Founded | January 2021 |
| Founder | William Beauchamp |
| Headquarters | , US |
| Website | chai-research |
CHAI AI (also known as CHAI Research) is an American artificial intelligence (AI) company that operates a chatbot platform.[1] Founded in 2021 by William Beauchamp, CHAI's chatbots useg large language models (LLMs). The company is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.
History
[edit]William Beauchamp began developing the initial prototype for CHAI in 2020 while in Cambridge, United Kingdom.[2] The company launched in 2021 and relocated to Palo Alto in 2022.[3]
CHAI was one of the first companies to deploy an LLM-based consumer chat application, initially using the open-source GPT-J model.[citation needed]
In July 2024 authorities in Belgium launched an investigation into the company following the death of a Dutch man died by suicide following extensive chats on the Chai app.[4]
Technology
[edit]The CHAI allows users to create and interact with chatbots based on large language models (LLMs). These chatbots can be published to the platform for other users to interact with. CHAI uses both proprietary and open-source large language models.[citation needed]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Panico, Bella (29 January 2023). "Hello, Sheila!". The Yale Herald. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
- ^ "CHAI". Chai. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
- ^ Scialom, Mike (20 October 2022). "Chai Research moves chatbot company from Cambridge to Palo Alto".
- ^ "AI friendships claim to cure loneliness. Some are ending in suicide". The Washington Post. 6 December 2024. Retrieved 11 March 2025.