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Robotaxis — arriving at a future near you

A journalist takes a photo while riding in an autonomous vehicle in Chongqing in October. In 2015, Swedish carmaker Volvo organized a test of its hands-free vehicles traveling at 70 kilometers per hour on Beijing's Sixth Ring Road. Chinese technology giant Baidu set up its intelligent driving group in 2017, unveiling its Apollo autonomous driving plan the same year. By …

Chinese Baidu Driving Vehicles

3 months ago

Robotaxis — arriving at a future near you

China Daily

A passenger gets on an autonomous driving minibus in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, on May 22. At an event in May, Baidu's vice-president, Wang Yunpeng, said the number of insurance claims of its Apollo Go vehicles over the past two years was one 14th of that for human drivers. As of July 28, the cumulative rides provided to the public by …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

China wrestles with ‘quantity over quality’ in generative AI patents

Al Jazeera

China has filed for more patents than any other country, but US export controls are not its only hurdle. In July, the UN’s intellectual property agency reported that China had filed more than 38,000 generative AI patents over the past decade, more than all other countries combined. The latest AI boom started with Google’s development of the groundbreaking “transformer” in …

China Innovation Companies Chinese Ai Filed Nvidia

5 months, 3 weeks ago

Disruptive AI set to transform industry

China Daily

Robot arms seen at a production line of BYD in Changsha, Hunan province. Wang Peng, a researcher at the Beijing Academy of Social Sciences, said, "China's major advantages in developing AI lie in abundant data resources and diversified industrial application scenarios, while the US has taken the lead in basic AI research, chips, algorithms and other crucial technologies, as well …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

Sources: China mulling Tesla robotaxi tests

China Daily

A Tesla Model X vehicle on display during an expo in Yantai, Shandong province last month. TANG KE/FOR CHINA DAILY China is very likely to support US vehicle maker Tesla's local testing of robotaxis, and may move to consider data compliance issues given that data regulators attended a recent top-level meeting that involved Elon Musk, the automaker's CEO, sources told …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

Virtual humans helping spur e-commerce

China Daily

The performance of virtual hosts in terms of gross merchandise volume, average view duration, number of viewers and transaction rates is better than that of human hosts, he said. Ping Xiaoli, vice-president of Chinese tech heavyweight Baidu Inc and general manager of Baidu's e-commerce business, said compared with humans, the biggest advantage of digital avatars is that they can greatly …

Digital Chinese Real Human Hosts Humans Baidu

7 months, 3 weeks ago

Hyundai and Kia collaborate with Baidu for connected car development

India TV News

Hyundai Motor, one of South Korea's top carmakers and its affiliate Kia, said they had inked an agreement with Baidu- China's tech giant to develop technologies for connected cars. Both- Hyundai and Kia will also utilise Baidu's smart cloud computing technology to address Beijing's enhancing data regulations, reports Yonhap news agency. The annual sales of connected cars in China are …

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9 months, 2 weeks ago

AI industrial chain spurred on by Sora

China Daily

A video created by OpenAI's newly released text-to-video Sora tool plays on a monitor in Washington in February. DREW ANGERER/AFP China's artificial intelligence industrial chains, including computing power, cloud servers and data centers, are expected to usher in unprecedented development opportunities amid a worldwide frenzy around Sora, a new text-to-video AI model developed by US-based research company OpenAI, creator of …

Technology China Infrastructure Development Data Power Industrial

9 months, 3 weeks ago

Self-driving robotaxi crosses Yangtze River in Wuhan

China Daily

Baidu's robotaxi crosses a bridge over the Yangtze River in Wuhan, capital of Hubei province. A self-driving vehicle developed by Chinese tech heavyweight Baidu Inc has crossed two bridges over the Yangtze River in Wuhan, capital of Hubei province, making the city China's first to carry out commercial autonomous ride-hailing services spanning across the river. So far, more than 20 …

Driving Autonomous Wuhan Yangtze River Baidu Hubei Province

9 months, 4 weeks ago

Robotaxis get green light for airport run

China Daily

Baidu and Pony.ai's autonomous driving vehicles test on the street in Yizhuang in Beijing's southern suburb. Beijing has granted permits to several robotaxi operators, including Baidu Inc and Pony.ai, allowing them to offer driverless vehicle services at Beijing Daxing International Airport, a key step indicating that the city has become the world's first capital to run autonomous passenger vehicles between …

China Airport Vehicles Driving Beijing Vehicle Autonomous

1 year, 5 months ago

Baidu claims its AI bot outperforms ChatGPT on key measures

Hindustan Times

Baidu Inc.’s ChatGPT-style service has outperformed OpenAI’s seminal product on several measures, China’s search leader said on Tuesday. A logo of Baidu Ernie 3.5, the latest iteration of Baidu’s foundation model, has surpassed OpenAI’s chatbot built on GPT-3.5 in general abilities and outperformed the more advanced GPT-4 on several Chinese-language capabilities, the company said in a statement. The Beijing-based search …

China Chinese Ai Bot Baidu Ernie Bot

1 year, 10 months ago

Baidu's Ernie Bot inspired by ChatGPT to power company's all operations

Live Mint

Baidu's CEO Robin Li announced on Wednesday that the company's ChatGPT-inspired Ernie Bot, which was made available to the public in March, will be integrated across all operations of the Chinese search giant. During a conference call with analysts, Baidu's CEO Robin Li revealed that the company's first step will be to integrate Ernie Bot into its search service, with …

Chinese Billion Ai Bot Baidu Ernie Ernie Bot

1 year, 10 months ago

ChatGPT vs Bard vs Ernie: The revolutions of AI

Live Mint

The world of technology is taken by the storm after the arrival of OpenAI’s ChatGPT. However, the world of technology could no longer witness the monopoly of ChatGPT, hence Google sweeped in with its own AI chatbot called Bard and Baidu with its Ernie. Here is a comparison between ChatGPT, Ernie and Bard to help you understand how all three …

Google Company Chatbot Ai Chatgpt Baidu Ernie

1 year, 10 months ago

China's Search Engine Giant Baidu To Launch ChatGPT Rival In March

ABP News

In a bid to take on the viral artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT, China's search engine major Baidu is mulling to launch an AI chatbot service similar to OpenAI's ChatGPT in two months, says a report by news agency Reuters. Owing to the overall simplicity of ChatGPT, Microsoft is also working to add the chatbot to its search engine, Bing -- …

China Search Google Ai Chatgpt Openai Baidu

2 years, 1 month ago

Taihu Lake becomes prime vacation, development zone

China Daily

Area boasts a profound history and cultural heritage, and is one of the most distinctive tourism destinations in Suzhou An old Chinese saying goes something like this, "there is paradise in heaven as there are Suzhou and Hangzhou on Earth".In Suzhou, the city's natural beauty mostly comes from picturesque Taihu Lake, China's third-largest freshwater lake. Suzhou in East China's Jiangsu …

Tourism China Vacation Development Cultural Heritage National Jiangsu

2 years, 8 months ago

Deep learning rising in importance within booming AI sector

China Daily

A robot is on display at an AI conference in Shanghai, on July 10, 2020. The application scenarios of China's artificial intelligence-powered deep-learning frameworks will be more diversified and buoyed by open-source platforms and large-scale industrial use, with the cost and application threshold to be further lowered, said Ma Yanjun, general manager of Baidu AI technology ecosystem. As the first …

China Ai Deep Developers Baidu Software Developers Deep Learning

2 years, 8 months ago

Deep learning rising in importance within booming AI sector

China Daily

A robot is on display at an AI conference in Shanghai, on July 10, 2020. The application scenarios of China's artificial intelligence-powered deep-learning frameworks will be more diversified and buoyed by open-source platforms and large-scale industrial use, with the cost and application threshold to be further lowered, said Ma Yanjun, general manager of Baidu AI technology ecosystem. As the first …

China Learning Ai Deep Developers Baidu Software Developers

3 years, 3 months ago

China's Baidu Launches Autonomous Taxis in 5 Megacities, Giving Tough Fight to Alphabet

News 18

The battle is on between Alphabet in the United States and Baidu in China in regards to the development, launch and rollout of self-driving taxicabs. Baidu recently announced the launch of a test program in five major cities, including Beijing and Shanghai, where residents can take advantage of vehicles equipped with its Apollo autonomous driving system. Chinese company Baidu has …

China Shanghai Waymo Baidu

4 years, 3 months ago

Intelligent changes to reshape auto sector

China Daily

An Apollo autonomous bus is displayed during an exhibition in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, in August. Baidu chief sees widespread use of self-driving vehicles in next five years Self-driving technology is expected to witness large-scale commercial application in the next five years, according to Robin Li Yanhong, chairman and CEO of internet search giant Baidu Inc. Traffic congestion will be greatly …

Technology China Vehicles Driving Auto Beijing Autonomous

4 years, 3 months ago

Govt bans 118 mobile apps including PUBG: Full list

India TV News

In a big development, the Government on Wednesday banned 118 Chinese mobile apps which are prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity of India, Defence of India, Security of State and Public Order, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology said in a statement. The newly 118 banned Chinese mobile apps includes PUBG, PUBG Mobile, PUBG Mobile Lite, PUBG MOBILE Nordic Map: …

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Robotaxis — arriving at a future near you

Robotaxis — arriving at a future near you

China wrestles with ‘quantity over quality’ in generative AI patents

Disruptive AI set to transform industry

Sources: China mulling Tesla robotaxi tests

Virtual humans helping spur e-commerce

Hyundai and Kia collaborate with Baidu for connected car development

AI industrial chain spurred on by Sora

Self-driving robotaxi crosses Yangtze River in Wuhan

Robotaxis get green light for airport run

Baidu claims its AI bot outperforms ChatGPT on key measures

Baidu's Ernie Bot inspired by ChatGPT to power company's all operations

ChatGPT vs Bard vs Ernie: The revolutions of AI

China's Search Engine Giant Baidu To Launch ChatGPT Rival In March

Taihu Lake becomes prime vacation, development zone

Deep learning rising in importance within booming AI sector

Deep learning rising in importance within booming AI sector

China's Baidu Launches Autonomous Taxis in 5 Megacities, Giving Tough Fight to Alphabet

Intelligent changes to reshape auto sector

Govt bans 118 mobile apps including PUBG: Full list