The Chinese company Baidu unveiled their latest chatbot to the world but did not expect that it would lead to a world first:
A technology FIGHT!
When the Premium Bond's ERNIE - no, not the fastest milkman in the west - learned that the Chinese chatbot was also called ERNIE it challenged the inscrutable oriental to a ... FIGHT!
Unfortunately, PB ERNIE was quickly trounced as all it can do is pick winning premium bond numbers from a database whereas Chinese ERNIE can deliver a full takeaway menu in response to a statement like: I'll have a number 12, 7 and 19 please.
Baidu's presentation began with the Erykah Badu song:
Oh what a day, what a day, what a day/
Peace and blessings manifest with every lesson learned/
If your knowledge were your wealth, then it would be well earned
Unfortunately the Premium Bond ERNIE can't sing.