According to him, the average number of daily API calls has also reached 200 million, and the number of corporate clients of the company has reached 85 thousand. Ernie Bot chatbot has become the leading and most used basic model of artificial intelligence in China, Robert Li said.
Baidu introduced the development in March 2023. Already in June, the beta version of the bot surpassed ChatGPT 3.5 in comprehensive estimates. According to experts, Ernie 3.5 is currently ahead of ChatGPT 4 in Chinese language recognition skills.
Ernie Ball became available to all users on August 31, 2023. It is now the most used artificial intelligence model in China. In addition, its cost has decreased by 99%, said the head of Baidu.