Jasmine Shen
Baidu (9888) plans to launch the next generation of its artificial intelligence model in the second half of this year, according to a CNBC report.
However, the tech giant's shares wobbled in Hong Kong amid news that Alibaba (9988) had entered into a partnership with Apple.
Baidu will launch Ernie 5.0 in the second half of this year, as DeepSeek becomes popular and the battle between China's large AI models intensifies, the report said.
