TECH - Baidu's AI Chatbot Ernie Surpasses 100M Users Giving OpenAI A Run For Its Money | Benzinga
Chinese technology company Baidu Inc. (NASDAQ:BIDU) recently revealed that its artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot, Ernie, has exceeded 100 million users.
What Happened: As CNBC reported, Baidu’s Ernie bot, a comparable product to OpenAI’s ChatGPT, topped the 100 million user mark on Thursday. Whether these figures represent active users or are related to a specific period remains unclear. Baidu’s shares rose by 3% in U.S. trading following this announcement.
Ernie bot, supporting both English and Chinese languages, was launched officially in March, with mass rollout approval granted in late August. It competes with OpenAI’s ChatGPT, which reportedly had about 100 million weekly active users in November. While ChatGPT is not officially accessible in China, it does support the Chinese language. However, the Ernie bot requires a Chinese mobile number for user sign-up.
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