so that ernie bot is the driving engine for its chat bot that provides news guidance for the road trip terms of industrial applications, ernie bought is one of baidu's leverage to get into the vertical industries such as legal, advertisements, marketing, etc.- legal, advertisements, marketing, etc. legal, advertisements, marketin~,etc. . . , marketing, etc. china have been in competition _ marketing, etc. china have been in competition in _ marketing, etc. china have been in competition in many - marketing, etc. china have been in competition in many aspects, | in competition in many aspects, especially in the tech sector, but when it comes to ai, chatgpt is currently banned in china — so where do chinese ai companies stand with regard to american rivals?— companies stand with regard to american rivals? looking at the generative _ american rivals? looking at the generative ai — american rivals? looking at the generative ai technologies, - generative ai technologies, china is actually lagging us by about 1—2 years. but if we look at the market size, the untapped market and also potentia