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China’s Baidu Pulls Public Launch of ChatGPT Rival Ernie Bot

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The company oddly claimed “strong demand” was to blame.

Baidu’s co-founder and CEO Robin Li showcases artificial intelligence-powered chatbot known as Ernie Bot by Baidu during a news conference at the company’s headquarters in Beijing, China, March 16, 2023.
Tingshu Wang/Reuters

A public launch event for a new Chinese rival to ChatGPT scheduled for Monday has been canceled. Baidu, China’s largest search engine provider, said the demonstration of its “Ernie” bot would instead take place at a closed-door meeting with companies that are testing the AI-powered tool.

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