Chinese Search Giant Baidu to Launch ChatGPT-Style Bot

"China’s largest search engine company plans to debut a ChatGPT-style application in March, initially embedding it into its main search services, said the person, asking to remain unidentified discussing private information. The tool, whose name hasn’t been decided, will allow users to get conversation-style search results much like OpenAI’s popular platform.

The company’s shares rose as much as 5.8% after Bloomberg’s report, the largest intraday gain in almost four weeks.

Baidu has spent billions of dollars researching AI in a years-long effort to transition from online marketing to deeper technology. Its Ernie system — a large-scale machine-learning model that’s been trained on data over several years — will be the foundation of its upcoming ChatGPT-like tool, the person said. A Baidu representative declined to comment."

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more proof that it's about narrative control

Billions have gone into it... must be that it's important to them.

i bet going to ask you questions.

"Did any of your family say anything about the ccp today?"
lol

Wonder what it is going to say when YOU ask it questions...

lol

But I understand it's not so much about asking it quetions, rather it will show search results.

It's a search engine - duh!

Hao bu hao?