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To: Johnny Canuck who wrote (62501)	2/18/2025 1:27:11 AM
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Baidu Earnings Are Coming. It Needs to Keep Up in China’s AI Race. By Adam Clark Published: Feb. 17, 2025 at 5:00 p.m. ET Referenced Symbols AAPL +1.27% Baidu stock has fallen 13% over the past 12 months in Hong Kong trading. Photo: GREG BAKER/AFP/Getty Images Baidu BIDU +0.92% is set to report its fourth-quarter earnings Tuesday. The Chinese search-engine company needs to reassure the market that it’s still in contention to be one of China’s leading artificial-intelligence providers. Baidu is expected to post a 44% jump in net profit to 3.75 billion yuan ($517 million), according to a FactSet poll of analysts’ estimates, when it reports results before the U.S. market opens. Revenue is expected to fall, though, to 33.25 billion yuan for the quarter, down from 34.95 billion yuan a year earlier. The contrasting directions are a reflection of Baidu’s problems with declining advertising revenue in a sluggish Chinese economy, as opposed to its growing AI business. Analysts at Benchmark Research forecast Baidu’s core advertising revenue will fall 6.6% from the prior year but its cloud business—which houses AI services—will grow 13%. Baidu said last week it would offer its Ernie AI chatbot at no cost to both desktop and mobile users, from April 1. Baidu is also launching a “deep search” function, designed to handle more complex tasks with reasoning, also free. That came after it reportedly lost out in a race to be the AI provider for Apple AAPL +1.27% devices in China to domestic rival Alibaba. Concerns over Baidu’s position in the AI race looked to become more acute on Monday after its CEO Robin Li appeared to be absent from a meeting between President Xi Jinping and tech leaders. Baidu’s Hong Kong-listed shares dropped 6.9%. Baidu didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment on Monday. Write to Adam Clark at adam.clark@barrons.com BIDU +0.92%

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