Baidu boasts strong AI user growth alongside launch of first smart glasses

Baidu boasts strong AI user growth alongside launch of first smart glasses

Baidu CEO Robin Li Yanhong touted strong user growth for its Ernie large language model (LLM) at the company’s annual conference where it debuted a pair of artificial intelligence (AI)-powered smart glasses, as China’s largest internet search firm jostles for attention in a sea of competitors. Li said at the event on Tuesday that its … Read more

Baidu posts flat second-quarter revenue as sluggish economy slowed advertising spending

Baidu posts flat second-quarter revenue as sluggish economy slowed advertising spending

Baidu’s Hong Kong-listed shares closed up 1.71 per cent to HK$86.45 on Thursday. A robotaxi, developed as part of Baidu’s Apollo Go autonomous driving project, seen on the road in Wuhan, capital of central Hubei province. Photo: AFP Although overall revenue edged down, Baidu said in a statement on Thursday that its non-marketing operations grew … Read more

Chinese AI can benefit from bigger models, more data, says start-up founder

Chinese AI can benefit from bigger models, more data, says start-up founder

“The upgrades of OpenAI’s GPT series, which powers ChatGPT, along with the substantial investments in supercomputing centres by tech giants such as Amazon, Microsoft and Meta, all validate the effectiveness of scaling laws,” Jiang said in a talk on Saturday. “Going forward, issues like the availability of data, human resources, and concerns about return on … Read more

Alibaba-backed Moonshot AI narrows gap with Baidu’s Ernie Bot as China’s generative AI rivalry heats up

Alibaba-backed Moonshot AI narrows gap with Baidu’s Ernie Bot as China’s generative AI rivalry heats up

Alibaba-backed Moonshot AI narrows gap with Baidu’s Ernie Bot as China’s generative AI rivalry heats up The competition among Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots is heating up, as Moonshot AI, a 12 month old start-up, has overtaken Alibaba Group Holding’s Tongyi Qianwen and is narrowing the gap with domestic leader Baidu’s Ernie Bot, according to … Read more

Chinese generative AI developers rush to upgrade chat bots to handle super long texts

Chinese generative AI developers rush to upgrade chat bots to handle super long texts

China’s biggest generative artificial intelligence (AI) developers, including Baidu and Alibaba Group Holding, have rushed to upgrade their chat bots so they can handle super long texts of up to 10 million Chinese characters. The move follows Google, which in February unveiled the latest version of its Gemini large language model (LLM) that achieves a … Read more