Robin Li
Baidu CEO Robin Li introduced the latest version of the company's 'Ernie' generative AI model
  • Chinese search giant Baidu has unveiled the latest version of its Ernie generative AI model.
  • The company says that it is a match for GPT-4, the large language model behind OpenAI's ChatGPT AI.
  • Chinese AI firms are racing to catch up with Western rivals as the US cuts off AI chips supply.

Chinese AI companies are racing to match ChatGPT — and now, one says it has a chatbot that can go toe-to-toe with OpenAI's GPT-4 model.

Chinese search giant Baidu unveiled the latest version of its generative AI model, known as Ernie 4.0, on Tuesday, with cofounder Robin Li saying that it was now as good as GPT-4, the large language model that powers OpenAI's record-setting chatbot.