Baidu Inc (NASDAQ: BIDU) reported a stellar performance during the last three months of 2023 as it continues its strategic shift towards the AI landscape. Often dubbed as China’s Google, Baidu’s results showed substantial resilience and even growth amid a complex macroeconomic environment. But being labeled as China’s Google also comes with high expectations, ones that Baidu didn’t succeed to meet with its fourth quarter results as AI spending drained its bottom line. However, while Google and China have the search engine combat, they are also rivals on the AI front in a world where technology transcends borders. When it comes to China, the world’s second biggest economy, Baidu has the home advantage but Google is maneuvering its way back into China through AI software.
Fourth Quarter Highlights
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