Ernie Bot (full name: Enhanced Representation through Knowledge Integration) is the first generative AI chatbot publicly released in China. Although it is available globally, users need a Chinese phone number to register and log in. Ernie Bot, similar to its primary competitor ChatGPT, offers users the ability to inquire about various topics or request assistance in creating market analysis, generating marketing slogans, and summarizing documents. However, it is worth noting that when it was released in mid-March, MIT Technology Review’s Zeyi Yang dubbed its performance mediocre compared to ChatGPT.
