Baidu's AI-powered Ernie Assistant surpassed 200 million monthly active users. Ernie is the first domestic large model product in China to reach this scale. The assistant integrates into Baidu's main search engine, its PC platform, Baidu Map, and Baidu Health.
This milestone highlights escalating competition among Chinese technology giants in the AI sector. Baidu contends with major players like Alibaba, ByteDance, and Tencent. Alibaba's Qwen chatbot recently saw rapid user growth. These companies are heavily investing in developing and integrating their AI models across their ecosystems.