Baidu is entering the crowded virtual assistant market with Duer

It’s only natural for the “Google of China” to follow in Google’s footsteps, which is why it’s not all that surprising that Baidu has unveiled its own virtual assistant that’s going to be taking on the likes of Cortana, Google Now, and Siri. Known as Duer, this artificial intelligence-powered assistant will be available on Android in the near future, and will do pretty much everything that its competitors can do, albeit in a somewhat simpler manner.