Beidou (Wikipedia photo Beidou)
Chinese search engine giant Baidu has filed lawsuits against “relevant” app developers and Apple over fake copies of its Ernie bot app available in the Apple App Store.
The company’s AI-powered bot, launched last month, has been billed as China’s closest answer to the US-developed ChatGPT chatbot.
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Beidou said it filed lawsuits in a Beijing court against the developers behind its fake Ernie bot apps and Apple Inc.
“Currently, Ernie does not have any official application,” Baidu said in a statement late Friday posted on its official “Baidu AI” WeChat account.
It also released an image of the court filing.
“Until our company’s official announcement, any Ernie app on the App Store or from other stores is fake,” it said.
Apple did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
A Reuters search on Saturday found that there were still at least four apps bearing the Ernie bot’s Chinese-language name, all fake, in Apple’s App Store.
The Ernie bot is only available to users who request and receive access codes. In her statement, Baidu also warned against people selling access codes.
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