Beta users can click an ‘AI Search’ option within Weixin to access DeepSeek, in addition to Tencent’s Hunyuan foundational model.
Trump officials raised the idea of a deal between the two companies in recent meetings with the Taiwanese chipmaker.
US policies regarding fossil fuels and technology are reshaping monetary norms as the country seeks to benchmark itself against China.
Baidu on Friday said the next generation of its Ernie large language models will be open source from June 30.
One source says the White House is frustrated by subsidy recipients announcing significant overseas expansion, including in China.
The Alibaba founder was spotted visiting one of the company’s grocery stores just days after visiting its Hangzhou campus.
The Chinese video app briefly went dark last month to comply with a federal ban.
The US president says he still hopes to make a deal to keep the app alive, and he thinks China’s Xi would approve a sale to a US buyer.
From April 1, the Ernie Bot platform will be free to use and provide access to Baidu’s Ernie large language models.
DeepSeek has become the top AI choice for Chinese Android smartphone makers from Huawei to Vivo, as Alibaba scores Apple as local partner.
