BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese language search engine big Baidu (NASDAQ:)’s CEO Robin Li mentioned on Friday that the corporate will “very quickly” formally launch Ernie 3.5, a generative AI large-language mannequin that may energy Baidu’s ChatGPT-like app Ernie Bot and improve its search engine.

Li made the announcement on the Zhongguancun Discussion board, one in every of China’s most well-known techology boards, round two months after Ernie Bot was first proven to the general public to blended critiques.

Since then, Ernie Bot and different merchandise powered by the corporate’s generative AI large-language mannequin have remained in trial mode, with a choose variety of corporations and customers invited to check the merchandise and supply suggestions.