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Baidu’s ‘do-or-die’ bet on AI

Baidu made it big as China’s go-to search engine. But in the past decade the tech giant has struggled, while competitors such as Alibaba and Tencent have soared ahead. The FT’s China tech correspondent Ryan McMorrow looks at chief executive Robin Li’s latest venture, in artificial intelligence, and whether this will be enough to turn the company around.  - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - For further reading:<a href="https://www.ft.com/content/94ea3e9b-fc2e-4454-bc41-62b9b29ccd47" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Baidu’s bet on AI could make or break China’s fallen tech group</a><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/ef157204-a204-4512-8c50-fe60e166b41e" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Tightened US rules throttle Alibaba and Baidu’s AI chip development</a><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/5bf4dab2-b19b-4df9-b410-4df1efe2f2f5" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Baidu shares fall after Ernie AI chatbot demo disappoints</a>- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - On X, follow Ryan McMorrow (<a href="https://twitter.com/rwmcmorrow?lang=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@rwmcmorrow</a>) and Michela Tindera (<a href="https://twitter.com/mtindera07" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@mtindera07</a>), or follow Michela on LinkedIn for updates about the show and more.  <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/c390089a-424b-4e14-8db3-bcacd5ff0eb7" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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