Investing.com -- Shares of Baidu (NASDAQ: BIDU ), the Chinese search engine giant, rose by 3.7% to HK$84.8, hitting their highest level since April 14.

This surge comes as the company unveiled its new artificial intelligence (AI) agent, Xinxiang.

Xinxiang is designed to assist users in performing tasks like information analysis and travel planning.

According to the company, this new AI agent offers more efficiency than the existing chatbot service.

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