Thursday, 5 March, 2026
China’s upcoming Baidu AI chatbot will soon challenge Microsoft-backed ChatGPT
By Basit Ansari
<p>Baidu Inc. is planning to roll out an artificial intelligence chatbot service similar to OpenAI's ChatGPT. The company's shares rose as much as 5.8%, the largest intraday gain in almost four weeks. ChatGPT piqued the interest of Chinese internet users, who shared screenshots of surprising conversations with the AI bot on local social media. Baidu has been trying to revive growth in the mobile era, after lagging its larger rivals in arenas such as mobile ad and video.</p>
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