Baidu revamps search engine in bid to stay ahead of DeepSeek

Added generative AI gives users responses similar to those from chat apps

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Baidu unveils its revamped search engine with added generative AI. (Photo by Shunsuke Tabeta)

SHUNSUKE TABETA

BEIJING -- Chinese internet giant Baidu announced on Wednesday a major overhaul of its core search engine. The update increases the character limit in the search box from a few dozen characters to over 1,000, allowing users to input full-length queries and receive responses similar to those from generative AI chat apps.

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