Baidu’s “Ernie” AI Chatbot Overwhelms with 200 Million Users, Remains China’s Most Popular Chatbot

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China's Baidu said its artificial intelligence chatbot 'Ernie Bot' has garnered more than 200 million users as it seeks to remain China’s most popular such ... Show more

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Ernie 4.5 is priced at approximately $0.55 per million input tokens, compared to $75 for OpenAI's GPT-4.5.

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