Baidu drops paywall on it AI model Ernie Bot in bid to compete with DeepSeek

Baidu drops paywall on it AI model Ernie Bot in bid to compete with DeepSeek

Baidu was among the first Chinese tech giants to roll out generative AI to the public in 2023,. But startups like DeepSeek have shaken up the industry with open-source models that are highly efficient and cost-effective.

Chinese tech giant Baidu has claimed that their Ernie AI bot can go toe-to-toe with DeepSeek. Reuters