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Baidu touts upgraded Ernie AI tech as just as good as ChatGPT

CEO Li says generative tech will foster a 'new round of economic growth'

Baidu founder and CEO Robin Li speaks at the company's annual flagship technology conference in Beijing on Oct. 17. (Photo courtesy of Baidu) 

HONG KONG -- Chinese search giant Baidu says the latest version of its generative artificial intelligence technology is as good as OpenAI's GPT 4, though the general public is not able to try it out just yet.

Baidu launched the updated large language model, dubbed Ernie 4, on Tuesday, slightly ahead of schedule.

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