AI adoption in China grows to 230 million users, with Baidu’s Ernie Bot leading the market

The rush among big tech companies and startups to offer large language models (LLMs) has led to a surge in the adoption of AI tools in China. The country recorded over 230 million users of AI products and services till June this year, according to a report by a State-run agency called the China Internet Network Information Centre (CNNIC).

By October, over 600 million users had signed up to use one out of the nearly 200 commercially available LLMs in China, according to a report by the South China Morning Post.