On March 23rd, a blogger on Weibo published an article that questioned ERNIE Bot's image generating function has all but copied "StableDiffusion", and that ERNIE Bot has limitations in its Chinese semantic understanding. To this, Baidu responded that ERNIE Bot is a big language model fully developed by the company, and the ability of words to generate pictures comes from the big model ERNIE-ViLG.
Baidu, a Chinese technology company that recently launched its ChatGPT-like platform called Ernie Bot, is preparing to introduce a cloud service on March 27 that will integrate the large language model (LLM) and generative AI product.
On March 17th, Baidu's Apollo Go was allowed to carry out a demonstration of its unmanned automated driving service in Beijing. This is the first time in the world that unmanned motor vehicles have been implemented in a capital city. So far, Apollo Go has started unmanned automated driving travel services in Beijing, Wuhan and Chongqing.
Baidu's ChatGPT-like product ERNIE Bot was unveiled yesterday and subsequently caused huge fluctuations in its share price. Before the Hong Kong stock market opened today, Baidu's share price rebounded. Around 15:00 Beijing time, the share price rose by over 12% to HK $142.8 (about 18.2 $).
Today, Baidu's "ERNIE Bot", known as the Chinese version of ChatGPT, has been officially released at the company's Beijing Headquarters at 14:00 Beijing time. Baidu will set up a venue at its PaddlePaddle Center on Artificial Intelligence Island, Zhang Jiang High-Tech Park. Robin Li, founder of Baidu, attended the launch event and personally introduced the ERNIE Bot.
During a livestream on March 15, Zhou Hongyi, the founder of Qihoo 360, a Chinese internet security company, disclosed the company's artificial intelligence development plan amidst the ChatGPT hype.
Following the launch of an AI virtual chat community App "Xiaokan Planet" in China, Baidu launched a similar AI chat App named "WiseAI" for the overseas market.
Easou Technology, a digital reading business headquartered in Shenzhen, recently submitted an application for listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange with BOC International as the exclusive sponsor.
TikTok parent company ByteDance, food delivery giant Meituan and tech giant Baidu have recently launched their own AI-generated content (AIGC) products.
Regulators in Beijing reportedly have pressured major Chinese tech companies to withhold ChatGPT services to the public. The disallowance of OpenAI's chatbot may propel the rise of China's own AI chatbots to the technological forefront in the country.
In the large language model R&D craze brought to the mainstream by ChatGPT, tech giants and entrepreneurs in China declared their intention. TikTok parent company ByteDance is also one of the players in the promising field.
According to the financial report released by Baidu's Netflix-style offshoot iQIYI on February 22, the company recorded a 2022 Non-GAAP net income of 1.3 billion yuan ($186.2 million), compared to its non-GAAP net loss of 4.5 billion yuan ($653 million) in 2021.
Robin Li, CEO of Baidu, a Chinese tech giant that is planning to launch a new generation of its large language model Ernie Bot in March, issued an internal letter on February 22 to further introduce the ChatGPT-style chatbot and the development of AI technology.
After announcing its ChatGPT-style project Ernie Bot, Chinese tech giant Baidu united two departments for tackling key technical problems and applying ChatGPT-related technologies to search and content products.
JIDU, a new energy smart vehicle company, announced on February 14 that it would integrate the capabilities of Baidu's ChatGPT-like project Ernie Bot to create the world's first large-scale artificial intelligence interactive experience for smart car users.
As the discussion caused by artificial intelligence chat robot ChatGPT continues to heat up, the science and technology circle is welcoming the new buzz. Many Chinese tech giants have made great efforts to seize the opportunity to create the first "Chinese version of ChatGPT".
At the 2022 Baidu Create event on Tuesday, firm CEO Robin Li delivered a speech about feedback-driven innovation and its influence on China's real economy, showing the tech giant's expectations for the future golden decade of artificial intelligence development.
Baidu Research, a leading AI research lab initiated by Baidu, released its predictions on January 5 for the top 10 technology trends of 2023, including big models, digital-real convergence, virtual-real symbiosis, autonomous driving, and more.
At the end of December, Baidu founder Robin Li held an internal livestreaming session for all employees and pointed out many internal management and business problems.
