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Baidu's Ernie Bot garners love from investors, skepticism from experts

Questions linger over how domestic version will compare to ChatGPT

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Baidu's new Ernie Bot may lag far behind ChatGPT, but the company can still profit from it, a Chinese developer said. © Reuters

CISSY ZHOU, Nikkei staff writer
March 2, 2023 11:07 JST

HONG KONG -- Interest is rising in Baidu's Ernie Bot, the Chinese tech company's answer to AI-powered chat app ChatGPT, even if no one knows yet exactly what it will do.

Shares in the search engine giant closed up 7.57% at 145 Hong Kong dollars on Wednesday after the company said it would make an announcement regarding the app on March 16.

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