Chinese technology giant, Baidu, has unveiled the Ernie 4.0, its newest version of its generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) model, amid boasts that it is at par with those of ChatGPT maker OpenAI’s pioneering GPT-4 model and others.
CEO of China’s largest internet search engine, Baidu, Robin Li introduced Ernie 4.0 in Beijing.
He showed Ernie 4.0 creating advertising posters and videos, describing the model’s memory capabilities as he demonstrated it in real-time.
With this, China now has at least 130 large language models (LLMs), representing 40% of the global total and behind only the United States’ 50%.
The tech giant is at the forefront of AI models in China amid a global craze over the technology sparked by the introduction of ChatGPT last year.
In March this year, the firm launched a chatbot powered by Ernie dubbed ErnieBot, though investors were disappointed to be shown only pre-recorded demonstrations.
In August, Baidu was among a number of firms to receive government approval to release AI products to the public.