Ernie Bot, China's answer to ChatGPT, is delayed -- again

Just when the conversation was starting to get good and we approached borderline subjects, we repeatedly found ourselves back at square one. Even simple requests for facts about China's government or top leader Xi led it to terminate the exchange with a canned reply about being an AI that was still learning, and a link to begin a new conversation -- making conversation with Ernie Bot less smooth than with ChatGPT.