Chinese search engine leader Baidu Said on Thursday it would make its artificial intelligence chatbot Eernie Bot Free Starting April 1, Citing Improved Technology and Reduced Costs.
The Ai Service will be accessible at no cost to all users on both desktop and mobile platforms, baidu said in a Wechat Post.
Baidu Faces Growing Competition in China’s Ai Sector, Particularly From Deepseek Why offers free Openai At Lower Operational Cost.
Baidu wasmong China’s first molers in ai following the 2022 debut of Openai’s ChatgptBut has struggled to gain widespread adoption for its ERNIE LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL. It has said its latest version, ERNIE 4.0, matches Openai’s GPT-4 Capabilitys.
In terms of user adoption, baidu’s ai offerings have lagged those of domestic competitors such as Bytedance’s Doubao chatbot and newcomer deepsek, showed data from ai product tracker aicpb.com.
In Late 2023, Baidu Introduced Premium Features to its search engine power
It also Announced on Chiursday The Launch of an advanced search Onses, Baidu said.
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