AI giants Baidu, OpenAI offer their chatbots for free

AI giants Baidu, OpenAI offer their chatbots for free in response to DeepSeek’s advance
Chinese internet search giant Baidu will make its advanced AI chatbot services free, as competition heats up among global developers following the surging popularity of startup DeepSeek’s models.
DeepSeek disrupts market; OpenAI rejects unsolicited offer
CHINESE AI startup DeepSeek has for weeks been shaking up the industry with its low-cost, high-efficiency language model, DeepSeek R1. Backed by High-Flyer, the company claims to have trained its model for just $6 million using 2,
DeepSeek impact? Baidu and OpenAI offer free chatbots through Ernie Bot and GPT-5
Baidu, China’s largest internet search company, announced that it will offer its AI chatbot Ernie Bot for free starting April 1, as competition in the AI sector heats up. The AI service will be accessible at no cost to all users on both desktop and mobile platforms,
DeepSeek hasn’t just disrupted OpenAI. Chinese tech giants are being upended too
DeepSeek’s advances have roiled global stock markets and AI players. Now, its influence is spreading quickly at home, with some of China’s biggest tech companies, many of which had been developing their own chatbots,
Baidu and OpenAI Make AI Chatbots Free Amid DeepSeek Competition
Chinese tech giant Baidu announced that its AI chatbot, Ernie Bot, will be available for free starting April 1 as competition in the AI sector intensifies. The move follows OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's announcement that ChatGPT users will get unlimited access to GPT-5 for free,
DeepSeek Doesn’t Scare OpenAI, Thanks to the ‘Jevons Paradox’
The economic theory, which traces to 1865, says that as a resource becomes more efficient to use, demand will increase. It ...
OpenAI spoke to government officials about its DeepSeek probe
OpenAI says it has spoken to government officials about its ongoing investigation into DeepSeek. The ChatGPT-maker previously ...
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With DeepSeek Hot on Its Heels, OpenAI Teases GPT-4.5, GPT-5 Launch
In a new roadmap, Sam Altman suggests we can expect GPT-4.5 in weeks and GPT-5 in months. OpenAI will also do away with its ...
OpenAI Has Spoken to Government Officials About DeepSeek Probe
OpenAI has spoken to government officials about the company’s ongoing investigation into whether China’s DeepSeek used data ...
OpenAI says DeepSeek 'inappropriately' copied ChatGPT—but it's facing copyright claims, too
Until a few weeks ago, few people in the Western world had heard of a small Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) company ...
Nouriel Roubini Says, 'Without OpenAI, DeepSeek Could Not Even Exist'— 'Dr. Doom' Explains Why Inflation And AI Are On Collision Course
Economist Nouriel Roubini, known as "Dr. Doom," downplayed China's DeepSeek as a true AI disruptor, attributing its existence ...
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OpenAI Deep Research vs. DeepSeek R1: Which One Is Better at Knowledge Work?
Sam Altman claims Deep Research “could do a single-digit percentage of all economically valuable tasks in the world.” ...
DeepSeek vs OpenAI : Which AI Model is Best for Data Science?
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OpenAI Responds to DeepSeek Hype with ‘Deep Research’ ChatGPT Agent
Artificial intelligence firm OpenAI has launched Deep Research, a new AI-powered agent within ChatGPT that independently ...
Paxton presses Apple, Google for documents in probe of Chinese AI startup DeepSeek
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said the blockbuster app was a possible “proxy” for Chinese Communist Party.