Ernie

American

[ur-nee] / ˈɜr ni /

noun

a male given name, form of Ernest.
a female given name, form of Ernestine.

Ernie British

/ ˈɜːnɪ /

noun

(in Britain) a machine that randomly selects winning numbers of Premium Bonds

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Etymology

Origin of Ernie

C20: acronym of E lectronic R andom N umber I ndicator E quipment

Example Sentences

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Just ask Ernie, the canine star of an article about dogs trained to sniff out prison contraband.

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The company’s artificial intelligence-empowered Ernie Assistant is integrated into its flagship Baidu search-engine app and on personal computers.

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Ernie Assistant is linked to widely used apps such as JD.com, Meituan and Trip.com, which allows the agent to help book flight tickets, order food delivery, and search for health and legal advice, among others.

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Users can ask Ernie Assistant to generate videos and images, and write summaries, among other tasks.

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Users of the AI assistant have the option to choose different AI models, including DeepSeek or Baidu’s own Ernie model.

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