Amid the cut-throat competition, Chinese AI and internet firm, Baidu shared thrilling news for users of its AI chatbot ‘Ernie Bot’, saying it will offer free services from April 1.
Ernie Bot is an advanced AI chatbot with exclusive features like painting with AI painting will be available on both mobile and desktop. The chatbot, which previously required a subscription for premium features such as AI-generated images for paid users, will now be fully accessible for free.
In a follow-up statement on Friday, Baidu revealed plans to launch a next-generation AI model by June. In a major shift, the company also committed to making the new version open-source to compete with the buzzing DeepSeek, which took the world by storm.
Furthermore, in April, Ernie Bot’s Deep Search function, which enhances reasoning and expert-level responses, will be released for free.
The announcement comes after, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman revealed the company’s roadmap for GPT-5 on X (formerly known as Twitter). However, premium subscribers will receive access to a more advanced version with superior intelligence.
DeepSeek’s Industry Shake-Up
An unexpected launch and booming popularity of DeepSeek’s latest model, R1 has stunned industry observers through its incredible performance compared to leading US-based AI systems at a fraction of the cost. This disruption has pressured leading companies like Baidu, OpenAI, and others to adapt and accelerate their AI model development.
Not just DeepSeek, the other growing AI startups are rapidly capturing AI space with their outstanding capabilities. For instance, Moonshot AI’s chatbot, Kimi, launched last year and quickly became China’s third-most visited AI chatbot in January, trailing only DeepSeek and ByteDance’s Doubao, according to AI product tracker aircpb.com.
Source: https://x.com/LECCAintern/status/1890366881737191810
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