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Baidu opens Ernie Bot to the public after Chinese approval under new AI rules

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Source: Al Jazeera: China’s Baidu rolls out ChatGPT rival ERNIE to publicAlso reported by TechNode

Baidu made its Ernie Bot chatbot available to the general public in China on 31 August 2023, after approval from the authorities under the generative AI Interim Measures that took effect on 15 August. Ernie Bot was unveiled in March 2023 with access limited to invited users. SenseTime also received approval for its service the same week, according to Bloomberg reporting cited by Al Jazeera.

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Chinese chatbots could reach mass audiences only after government approval under the August 2023 rules, and Baidu’s Ernie Bot was among the services cleared.

When
31 Aug 2023
ID
WTA-N-2023-0019
Where
China
Who
Baidu, SenseTime, CAC
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Summary by wheresthe.ai, from Al Jazeera and the reporting credited above. We could not open the primary document, so it is marked Reported. Checked against the source on 9 Oct 2026.

Read the original at Al Jazeera

Source copy: download the page as saved on 18 Oct 2026 (PDF). Also held by the Internet Archive.

Next stop on this Storyline: Led toBaidu launches Ernie 4.0 at Baidu World 2023 in Beijing

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WTA-N-2023-0019: “Baidu opens Ernie Bot to the public after Chinese approval under new AI rules.” wheresthe.ai, 31 Aug 2023. https://wheresthe.ai/d/cn-baidu-ernie-bot-public-launch-2023-08/ (source: Al Jazeera: China’s Baidu rolls out ChatGPT rival ERNIE to public).

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