Chinese Search Engine 'Baidu' has released its Chinese counterpart to ChatGPT, the Ernie bot, to the public.
Baidu, the Chinese tech giant, has made its ChatGPT competitor, the Ernie chatbot, accessible to the general public, marking the first fully released domestic AI application in China.
Baidu, the renowned Chinese technology firm, has taken a significant step by offering its ChatGPT competitor, the Ernie chatbot, for widespread public access. Originally introduced in March of this year with limited availability, the Ernie bot now represents the inaugural domestically developed AI application to be accessible to the general public within the borders of China. Importantly, it is worth noting that Ernie is exclusively available within China and is not accessible to users outside the country.
According to a report from The Associated Press, Baidu made an announcement on Thursday regarding the accessibility of the Ernie bot to the wider Chinese public. This availability is facilitated through both the official website and a dedicated app, which, notably, can be found exclusively in the Chinese app store. Remarkably, the app has garnered considerable attention and success, reaching the top position in Apple's app store in China within the category of free apps.
Baidu's CEO, Robin Li, expressed that the decision to release Ernie to the public is driven by the desire to collect substantial real-world feedback from users. This valuable input will play a crucial role in enhancing the company's foundational AI models.
The recently enacted Chinese regulations, effective as of August 15th, stipulate that government approval is mandatory for generative AI services to be accessible by domestic users.
Ernie Bot vs. ChatGPT
Ernie Bot
It created by the prominent Chinese tech company Baidu, is an advanced natural language understanding model rooted in the Transformer architecture. Ernie excels in comprehending and generating text responses that closely mimic human language. It achieves this through extensive training on extensive datasets and has demonstrated remarkable proficiency in various natural language processing tasks, including sentiment analysis, text classification, and machine translation.
key features of Ernie Bot :
- Pre-trained on extensive text data
- Utilizes the Transformer architecture for enhanced comprehension and text generation
- Demonstrates excellence in a variety of natural language processing tasks
- Offers support for multiple languages, including Chinese and English.
ChatGPT
ChatGPT, an AI language model by OpenAI, is rooted in the Transformer architecture, just like Ernie Bot. Its extensive training on diverse data sources enables it to comprehend and produce human-like text responses, ensuring coherent and contextually relevant conversations.
Key Features of ChatGPT :
- Built on the Transformer architecture for robust language understanding and generation.
- Extensively trained on diverse data sources for coherent and contextually relevant conversations.
- Supports various natural language processing tasks.
- Developed by OpenAI, a leading AI research organization.
- Adaptable and capable of generating text in multiple languages.
Q1.What is Baidu Used For ?
Ans.Baidu is the dominant internet search engine company in China. Its features and services are similar to those of Google, but its focus is on China, where it controls most of the search market. Baidu censors search results and other content in accordance with Chinese regulations.
Q2.Can I use Baidu in Other County?
Ans.Weibo and Baidu Search, two of China's biggest apps that were called the alternatives to Twitter and Google Search, have been blocked in India and according to reports, will be taken off the Google Play Store and the Apple App Store
