OpenAI recently surprised users by announcing that, starting July 9, 2024, it will cease providing API services to China and other regions, including Hong Kong.

OpenAI will block API access in China from July, spurring local firms like Alibaba and Zhipu AI to offer migration plans.

China-based ByteDance was reportedly developing its proprietary large language model (LLM) by using OpenAI API and violating the latter's terms of service. ByteDance, whose API account...