Posted on 02/22/2023 5:23:39 PM PST by nickcarraway
China's Baidu Inc will use its ChatGPT-like app Ernie Bot to create a "revolutionary" version of its popular search engine, the company's CEO said on Wednesday (Feb 22).
Baidu, which has invested heavily in artificial intelligence in recent years, is regarded as at the forefront of efforts to create a Chinese rival to the AI platform developed by OpenAI and backed by Microsoft Corp.
Ahead of Ernie Bot’s launch in March, Baidu CEO Robin Li told reporters on a conference call to discuss fourth-quarter results that users would be more dependent on the Baidu search engine once it was embedded with the chatbot. That is because the generative AI powering it would enhance user experience and engagement.
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But China just banned its use today?
They downloaded a copy of an American chatAI and changed a few lines of the code to make it look different. Mostly they changed the comment lines and renamed some of the main variables using global search and replace.
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