kyle gendreau, ceo at samsonite to national.d, the chinese internet giant baidu is unveiling its ernie bot. we are looking at this new contender in the ai. race. . this is bloomberg. ♪ when you automate sales tax with avalara, you don't have to worry about things like changing tax rates or filing returns. avalarahhh ahhh haidi: the chinese search giant baidu is about to unveil the ernie bot. stephen engle us from hong kong. what do we know about ernie? stephen: it is going to be unveiled to china and the world later today. robin lee the head of baidu will be there to unveil this. we know about open a eyes -- ai's chatgpt came into the world with great fanfare. others have already unveiled themselves as well. to similar fanfare but also to less success. googles bard, do not do well. it underwhelmed. if you are going to come out with what is supposed to be a revolutionary change in the tech landscape, you better not underwhelmed. you better have not have -- better not have search errors. ernie bot is kind of scaled-back. it's not