Business Maverick: Baidu Surges as Hope Mounts over Chinese Answer to ChatGPT

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Baidu Inc. surged after affirming it’s on track to publicly roll out its ChatGPT-like service in March, stoking anticipation around what is potentially China’s most prominent entry in the race to create lifelike AI bots.

The Hong Kong-listed shares had their best day since March, jumping 15% after the company said it was naming the service “Wenxin Yiyan,” or “Ernie Bot” in English. Baidu’s American depositary receipts jumped 12% at the New York open to the highest since March 2022. Baidu should complete internal testing in time for next month’s launch, it said in a statement.News of Baidu’s foray into the red-hot generative AI arena has fired up Chinese AI-related stocks from Beijing Deep Glint Technology Co.

Baidu has spent billions of dollars researching AI in a years-long effort to transition from online marketing to deeper technology. Its Ernie system — a large-scale machine-learning model that’s been trained on data over several years — will be the foundation of its upcoming ChatGPT-like tool.AI is a rare bright spot in a contracting, job-cutting tech industry.

 

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