AI tech firms eager to join chatbot trend

Baidu gives public peek at Ernie Bot; similar projects compete with ChatGPT

Chinese artificial intelligence firms should pool more resources into improving algorithms, computing power and training data, as GPT-4, the latest large language model developed by US-based AI research company OpenAI, the creator of chatbot ChatGPT, has recently become a global sensation, industry experts said.

They added the application scenarios of AI-generated content, or AIGC, technology are being expanded, covering text, voice, code, image, video and other types of content, buoyed by the continuous research and launch of large language models.

Baidu Inc, China's largest search engine company, gave the public a peek at its Chinese-language ChatGPT alternative's capabilities through an unveiling of its much-awaited AI-powered chatbot called Ernie Bot on Thursday.