Baidu to offer Ernie Bot service for free as DeepSeek heats up China’s AI market

Baidu to offer Ernie Bot service for free as DeepSeek heats up China’s AI market

Chinese internet search giant Baidu will make its Ernie Bot service free to use from April 1, providing wider access to the company’s own artificial intelligence (AI) models, as competition in this nascent field heats up with the rise of innovative newcomers like DeepSeek. Beijing-based Baidu said users of Ernie Bot’s desktop and mobile versions … Read more