In this articleBIDUBaidu CEO Robin Li speaks during the company's Create conference in Shenzhen, China, on April 16, 2024.Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesSHENZHEN, China – One year after Chinese search engine operator Baidu released its ChatGPT-like Ernie bot, the company this week announced tools to encourage locals to develop artificial intelligence applications."In China today, there are 1 billion internet users, strong foundation models, sufficient AI application scenarios and the most complete indu ...