Is Xi Jinping a good leader? Here is what Chinese chatbot answered

According to experts, censors on chatbots could strengthen ideological control and further separate China digitally from the rest of the world

OpenAI's artificial intelligence-based chatbot ChatGPT has generated excitement and intrigue across the globe. Since then Microsoft has been working to integrate it with its Bing search engine. Google is also working on developing its own AI-based chatbot "Bard".

Adding its name to the list, China's search engine company Baidu on Thursday said that it will release its chatbot Ernie this week. However, as its founder Robert Li was talking over a scripted video of the interactions with Baidu's AI, its shares fell 10 per cent. A report by Bloomberg said that the video disappointed "those hoping for a stronger, real-life