Chinese search giant Baidu to launch own version of ChatGPT

Chinese multinational technology company Baidu is set to roll out its own version of the popular ChatGPT chatbot, according to a Bloomberg report. It will also be embedded into Baidu's main search services, meaning users could soon get conversation-style search results much like on ChatGPT. Baidu has also reportedly invested billions of dollars in its Ernie system, a large-scale AI model that the company has been developing for several years now. ChatGPT is a natural language processing tool powered by artificial intelligence that can respond to prompts in a conversational manner. Earlier this month, it was reported that Microsoft is looking into supercharging its Bing search engine by integrating ChatGPT into it. The company also reportedly invested $10 billion in ChatGPT creator OpenAI recently. The rise of ChatGPT has also worried search engine giant Google, which according to the New York Times, recently declared a "Code red," akin to pulling the fire alarm. The company is seemingly set to introduce over 20 AI-related projects this year, including an AI-powered version of Google Search.