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Baidu sues Apple, app developers over fake Ernie bot apps
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Men interact with a Baidu AI robot near the company logo at its headquarters in Beijing, China April 23, 2021. REUTERS/Florence Lo
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SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Chinese search engine giant Baidu (NASDAQ:) has filed lawsuits against “relevant” app developers and Apple Inc (NASDAQ:) over fake copies of its Ernie bot app available on Apple’s app store.
The company’s artificial intelligence powered Ernie bot, launched last month, has been touted as China’s closest answer to the U.S.-developed chatbot ChatGPT.
Baidu said it had lodged lawsuits in Beijing Haidian People’s Court against the developers behind the counterfeit applications of its Ernie bot and the Apple company.
“At present, Ernie does not have any official app,” Baidu said in a statement late on Friday posted on its official “Baidu AI” WeChat account.
It also posted a photograph of its court filing.
“Until our company’s official announcement, any Ernie app you see from App Store or other stores are fake,” it said.
Apple did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
A Reuters search on Saturday found there were still at least four apps bearing the Chinese-language name of the Ernie bot, all fake, in Apple’s App Store.
The Ernie bot is only available to users who apply for and receive access codes. In its statement, Baidu also warned against people selling access codes.
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