Chinese video gaming companies rush to join AI-generated content bandwagon amid ChatGPT frenzy
- At least a dozen Chinese video gaming firms have posted on online job platforms Liepin.com and Boss Zhipin, looking for AIGC talent
- Some content creators are worried that new AI technologies – which tend to excite senior management – could threaten jobs in some areas
Chinese video gaming companies are stampeding into artificial intelligence-generated content (AIGC), the concept behind ChatGPT, the AI chatbot that has taken the tech world by storm.
Several Chinese gaming developers and publishers, including NetEase and miHoYo, have expressed an interest in hiring talent or investing in AIGC technologies since the AI chatbot hit the headlines.
At least a dozen Chinese gaming companies have posted on online recruitment platforms Liepin.com and Boss Zhipin, looking for engineers, researchers and art designers related to AIGC technologies.
TapTap, the mobile game store under Hong Kong-listed gaming company XD Inc, is offering up to 500 yuan (US$73) per day for interns with a “solid foundation in computer vision or machine learning algorithms”, with a preference for those that have published top academic articles.
Shanghai-based Giant Network is offering a salary of up to 1.1 million yuan per year for the leader of its AI team, who would provide leadership for the company’s in-house teams on cutting-edge AIGC trends.