Baidu Sues Apple, App Developers Over Fake Ernie Bot Apps

Baidu Sues Apple, App Developers Over Fake Ernie Bot Apps
Men interact with a Baidu AI robot near the company logo at its headquarters in Beijing on April 23, 2021. Florence Lo/Reuters
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SHANGHAI—Chinese search engine giant Baidu has filed lawsuits against “relevant” app developers and Apple Inc. 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.