Baidu Inc , the leading search engine provider in China, announced on Tuesday that its latest version of the Ernie AI model, called Ernie 3.5, has outperformed the Microsoft-backed OpenAI chatbot on multiple key metrics. According to Baidu’s statement, Ernie 3.5 surpassed ChatGPT in comprehensive ability scores.
Additionally , it demonstrated superior Chinese capabilities compared to GPT-4.The announcement from Baidu Inc follows a test conducted by the state newspaper China Science Daily. It utilized datasets including AGIEval and C-Eval.The effectiveness of AI models is frequently evaluated using these two benchmarks. OpenAI has not yet responded to requests for comment.
Baidu’s entry into the AI space comes amidst a global AI fervor. Meanwhile , the popularity of ChatGPT is what started it. It influenced Chinese companies to introduce their own competing products. Baidu initially introduced its language AI Ernie Bot in March. This marked the first major Chinese tech company to rival ChatGPT.
Ernie Bot, developed on Baidu’s previous Ernie 3.0 AI model, has been undergoing invite-only testing for the past three months. Following Baidu’s footsteps, other prominent Chinese tech companies, including Alibaba Group and Tencent Holdings, have unveiled their respective AI models.
The test conducted by the state newspaper China Science Daily utilized datasets, including AGIEval and C-Eval, to evaluate the effectiveness of AI models.