Baidu is expected to report a jump in net profit but a small decline in revenue as it looks to reassure investors it is a serious player in China's artificial-intelligence scene.

Chinese search engine group Baidu , said on Tuesday that the success of AI company DeepSeek had inspired it to embrace an open source model, under which the source code of its upcoming generative AI chatbot release will be publicly available.

The DeepSeek revolution is rippling through China’s tech sector, as hundreds of companies adopt the buzzy AI model in their own products.

Search engine giant Baidu beat quarterly revenue estimates on Tuesday, indicating some recovery in the Chinese advertising market. Baidu has offset losses through its AI Cloud segment's growth, and in a strategic shift amid intensifying competition,

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.

China's Baidu is set to launch the next iteration of its artificial intelligence model in the second half of 2025, a person with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters.

The Beijing-based internet company said Tuesday that fourth-quarter revenue fell 2.4%, better than analysts’ estimates.

The broader rally in Chinese tech stocks highlights how DeepSeek's cost-efficient model could spur developments in China's AI sector.

Baidu makes ERNIE Bot free to stay ahead in China’s AI race, facing competition from DeepSeek, Alibaba, and ByteDance.

(Reuters) - Chinese search engine group Baidu said on Tuesday that the success of AI company DeepSeek had inspired it to embrace an open source model, under which the source code of its upcoming ...