SHANGHAI—Chinese language search engine large Baidu has filed lawsuits in opposition to “related” app builders and Apple Inc. over faux copies of its Ernie bot app accessible 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 stated 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 stated in an announcement 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 stated.
Apple didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
A Reuters search on Saturday discovered there have been nonetheless a minimum of 4 apps bearing the Chinese language-language title of the Ernie bot, all faux, in Apple’s App Retailer.
The Ernie bot is simply accessible to customers who apply for and obtain entry codes. In its assertion, Baidu additionally warned in opposition to individuals promoting entry codes.
