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

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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

DeepSeek halts account top-ups as AI models rival ChatGPT’s popularity

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DeepSeek halts account top-ups as AI models rival ChatGPT’s popularity

DeepSeek has temporarily stopped developers from topping up their accounts to access the Chinese start-up’s artificial intelligence (AI) models, a sign of the overwhelming popularity of its products. The company on Thursday disabled the top-up button on its platform website. A notice attributed the change to “server resource constraints”, but added that “existing balances can … Read more