Baidu to offer Ernie Bot for free

Baidu to offer Ernie Bot service for free as DeepSeek heats up China’s AI market
From April 1, the Ernie Bot platform will be free to use and provide access to Baidu’s Ernie large language models.
DeepSeek’s disruption forces AI giants like Baidu, OpenAI to offer their chatbots for free
Chinese internet search giant Baidu will make its advanced AI chatbot services free, as competition heats up among global developers following the surging popularity of startup DeepSeek’s models. Ernie Bot,
Not Just DeepSeek, China's AI Landscape Heats Up As Baidu Launches Free Ernie Bot
Baidu plans to launch its advanced AI model, Ernie 5.0, in the second half of 2025, offering it for free and aiming to compete with US companies.
China Market Update: Value Rotation, Baidu Releases ERNIE Bot Updates
Asian equities were mixed but mostly lower overnight as Korea and Japan outperformed and Hong Kong and Mainland China underperformed.
Baidu makes ‘Ernie Bot’ free from April 1 as AI competition intensifies in China
Baidu is making a strategic move to strengthen its position in China’s artificial intelligence race by making its chatbot, Ernie Bot, free to all users starting April 1. The decision signals a shift in the company’s approach as it grapples with intensifying competition from emerging players like DeepSeek and ByteDance’s Doubao.
Baidu to offer Ernie Bot for free amid DeepSeek challenge
Chinese tech firm Baidu said it would offer access to its flagship artificial intelligence chatbot, Ernie Bot, for free starting April 1. The chatbot, first released just a few months after OpenAI’s ChatGPT,
China's Baidu to make latest Ernie AI model open-source as competition heats up
BEIJING (Reuters) -Chinese search engine giant Baidu said on Friday it would make its next-generation artificial intelligence ...
China’s Top AI Chatbot ERNIE Bot will be free for all users
Baidu has announced that ERNIE Bot will be free for all users starting April 1, 2025. The chatbot will be available on both desktop and mobile app versions. Users will have full access to the latest ...
Baidu, the Google of China, is on a stock-market tear thanks to new AI pricing
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Baidu to make AI chatbot Ernie Bot free of charge from April 1
Chinese search engine leader Baidu said on Thursday it would make its artificial intelligence chatbot Ernie Bot free starting ...
Baidu Plans to Make Its AI Chatbot Free
The Beijing-based company stated that it would offer its Ernie AI chatbot at no cost to both desktop and mobile users.
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Shares in Chinese search giant Baidu surged as much as 11.7% in Hong Kong on Thursday after it announced it will make its AI ...
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Geopolitical experts said the rapid rise of Chinese start-up DeepSeek could challenge American supremacy in artificial ...
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