China now connects everything – from chatbots and smart vehicles to government departments and schools – to DeepSeek, an artificial intelligence (AI) model that emerged and became famous last month.

Baidu, a Chinese search engine, announced that its chatbot Ernie Bot 4.9 version now integrates with DeepSeek-R1 to enhance students’ problem-solving capability. Students can take a picture of a question, and then the chatbot will answer it with detailed steps.