China’s Baidu claims its AI model Ernie beats ChatGPT in multiple metrics

Founded in 2000, Baidu Inc, China’s most popular search engine provider has stated that its artificial intelligence (AI) model, Ernie has surpassed ChatGPT on multiple key metrics.

In a statement issued on Tuesday, Baidu’s said that its latest version of the AI model, Ernie 3.5 outperformed “GPT-4 in several Chinese capabilities,” namely in its comprehensive ability.

This declaration follows a test run by a state newspaper called China Science Daily, which found that Ernie 3.5 came with better training and inference efficiency, which would not only make any further iterations of the technology faster but also more cost-efficient than Microsoft-backed OpenAI’s ChatGPT.