[1/3] A response by ChatGPT, an AI chatbot developed by OpenAI, is seen on its website in this illustration picture taken February 9, 2023. REUTERS/Florence Lo/Illustration May 8 (Reuters) – The global buzz around Microsoft-backed OpenAI's ChatGPT has spread to China, shoring up stocks in artificial intelligence (AI) related firms and prompting a flurry of domestic companies to announce rival projects. Here is a list of Chinese tech companies that have recently made announcements on AI technology: IFLYTEK Chinese AI firm iFlytek (002230.SZ) on May 6 unveiled a large language model called "SparkDesk" and demonstrated it generating texts, solving math…