SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Chinese language search engine big Baidu has filed lawsuits in opposition to “related” app builders and Apple Inc over faux copies of its Ernie bot app out there on Apple’s app retailer.
The corporate’s synthetic intelligence powered Ernie bot, launched final month, has been touted as China’s closest reply to the U.S.-developed chatbot ChatGPT.
Baidu mentioned it had lodged lawsuits in Beijing Haidian Folks’s Court docket in opposition to the builders behind the counterfeit purposes of its Ernie bot and the Apple firm.
“At current, Ernie doesn’t have any official app,” Baidu mentioned in a press release late on Friday posted on its official “Baidu AI” WeChat account.
It additionally posted {a photograph} of its courtroom submitting.
“Till our firm’s official announcement, any Ernie app you see from App Retailer or different shops are faux,” it mentioned.
Apple didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
A Reuters search on Saturday discovered there have been nonetheless no less than 4 apps bearing the Chinese language-language identify of the Ernie bot, all faux, in Apple’s App Retailer.
The Ernie bot is simply out there to customers who apply for and obtain entry codes. In its assertion, Baidu additionally warned in opposition to individuals promoting entry codes.
(Reporting by Jason Xue and Brenda Goh; Modifying by Robert Birsel)
