TikTok parent ByteDance now has China’s most popular AI chatbot

ByteDance’s Doubao was the most downloaded AI chatbot on Apple Inc’s iOS with almost nine million downloads in the year to April, followed by Ernie at eight million, Sensor Tower data showed. Doubao also had the most monthly active users, with more than four million. — Unsplash

ByteDance Ltd has overtaken Baidu Inc in the race to deliver China’s answer to ChatGPT – at least in terms of popularity.

Doubao, the artificial intelligence-powered chatbot released in August, surpassed Baidu’s Ernie Bot in downloads last year and now has more regular monthly users on iOS in China, according to Sensor Tower data. Ernie got off to the fastest start in the country, but ByteDance has now taken the lead and other rivals are approaching.