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  • Baidu set to unleash Ernie 3.5 shortly! Will the ChatGPT rival be a sport changer?

    Baidu’s CEO Robin Li recently launched that the company is gearing up for the approaching launch of Ernie 3.5. This superior generative AI language model will play a significant place in empowering Baidu’s Ernie Bot app, akin to ChatGPT, and enhancing the capabilities of its search engine.

    During the Zhongguancun Forum, a renowned know-how event in China, Baidu’s CEO Robin Li revealed the launch plans for Ernie 3.5. This disclosure comes roughly two months after most people debut of Ernie Bot, which acquired a numerous response from clients and critics alike.

    Following its preliminary unveiling, Ernie Bot and totally different merchandise utilizing Baidu’s generative AI large-language model have been current course of trial phases. Only a restricted number of companies and clients have been granted entry to verify these selections and share their helpful ideas.

    To recall, the Chinese search engine massive Baidu had canceled a deliberate livestreamed product launch related to its ChatGPT-rival. According to a report by Reuters, the company had marketed its AI chatbot – Ernie bot as being open to media and most people.

    The webcast was scheduled to unleash the Chinese AI bot. But as per the report, it was switched to a closed-door meeting with the first batch of companies that are testing the product.

    Additionally, the company cited a change in format in an effort to satisfy the “strong demand” from 120,000 companies that had utilized to verify Ernie bot because the rationale behind it. It further added that this could possibly be the first of many closed-door conferences.

    Earlier, all through a conference title with analysts, Baidu’s CEO Robin Li revealed that the company’s first step shall be to mix Ernie Bot into its search service, with the aim of attracting new clients and rising market share in a worthwhile technique. Following this, the company plans to broaden the bot’s availability to its intelligent driving unit and enterprise companions. Baidu moreover expects a rising number of entrepreneurs and enterprise householders to assemble their very personal fashions and features on Baidu’s AI Cloud.

    “Recently, with users raving about ChatGPT, large language models (LLMs) using generative AI have created a mega trend that will revolutionise many businesses. Baidu is well positioned to capitalise on the imminent inflection point” in artificial intelligence,” said Li.

    (With inputs from Reuters)

     

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  • Baidu cancels deliberate product launch of its ChatGPT-rival

    Chinese search engine large Baidu has cancelled a deliberate livestreamed product launch associated to its ChatGPT-rival. According to a report by Reuters, the corporate has marketed its AI chatbot – Ernie bot as being open to media and the general public.

    The webcast was scheduled for Monday afternoon. But as per the report, it was switched to a closed-door assembly with the primary batch of firms which are testing the product.

    The firm cited change in format to be able to fulfill the “strong demand” from 120,000 firms that had utilized to check Ernie bot as the rationale behind it. It additional added that this might be the primary of many closed-door conferences.

    Baidu’s Hong Kong-listed shares fell as a lot as 4.5% on Monday morning on preliminary reviews of the cancellation.

    Ernie bot, to date China’s closest reply to U.S.-developed ChatGPT, was launched on March 16 by Baidu CEO Robin Li, who gave a livestreamed presentation that walked journalists by a sequence of pre-recorded demos displaying the Chinese chatbot’s totally different capabilities.

    The firm’s share value dropped whereas the presentation was nonetheless being livestreamed however rebounded the next day, due partially to robust demand from the Chinese company sector for generative synthetic intelligence (AI), the expertise powering merchandise like Ernie bot and ChatGPT.

    (With inputs from Reuters)

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  • Made-in-China AI bot fails to impress upon launch, shares slide 10%

    Chinese search large Baidu on Thursday unveiled its reply to the viral AI-powered ChatGPT. The Chinese chatbot nonetheless did not impress traders, resulting in Baidu’s shares falling near 10% in the course of the day and ultimately closing 6.4% decrease in Hong Kong.

    Baidu showcased a pre-recorded Ernie (Enhanced Representation of Knowledge Integration) Bot’s potential to resolve mathematical calculations, communicate in Chinese dialects and generate movies and pictures by means of textual content prompts.

    However, even Baidu’s CEO Robin Li believes that the chatbot is not excellent’ and won’t have the ability to compete with ChatGPT or GPT-4. However, he emphasised that the product would ultimately get higher with customers’ suggestions.

    “I can’t say we’re absolutely prepared. Benchmarking Ernie Bot in opposition to ChatGPT, and even GPT-4, is a excessive bar…None of the Big Tech corporations globally has made it. Baidu is the primary one,” new company Bloomberg quoted Li as saying.

    The Chinese tech firm will initially launch the Ernie bot to its ‘650 ecosystem business partners’ whereas Baidu’s AI cloud customers can apply for entry to Ernie bot’s API.

    Also Read: Users can now strive GPT-4 with out going by means of a waitlist. Here’s how

    Baidu’s try to problem OpenAI’s dominance within the generative AI-based chatbot house is the primary such try by a Chinese firm. While there are various different massive tech teams in China, reminiscent of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd and Tencent Holdings Ltd, Baidu is seen because the frontrunner in main the nation’s efforts to counter US firms within the discipline of AI-based chatbots.

    On March 14, Microsoft-backed OpenAI unveiled its next-generation language mannequin GPT-4 to the general public. OpenAI claims the language mannequin has extra human-like capabilities, longer reminiscence and flexibility as in comparison with GPT-3.5 mannequin.

    Many in style firms reminiscent of Khan Academy, Duolingo, Morgan Stanley, Be My Eyes, Microsoft’s Bing and Quora’s Poe and so on. have already introduced the combination of GPT-4 of their merchandise.

    Ever since its launch in November final yr, ChatGPT has turn into a viral sensation creating surprise and panic among the many normal public. It has additionally fueled a generative AI-based tech race between Microsoft and Google.

    (With inputs from businesses)

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  • China’s Baidu reveals its first quantum pc referred to as Qianshi

    Chinese search engine big Baidu Inc revealed its first quantum pc on Thursday and is able to make it obtainable to exterior customers, becoming a member of the worldwide race to use the know-how to sensible makes use of.

    The Baidu-developed quantum pc, dubbed “Qianshi”, has a 10-quantum-bit (qubit) processor, Baidu mentioned in a press release. The Beijing-based firm has additionally developed a 36-qubit quantum chip, it mentioned.

    Governments and corporations all over the world for years have touted the potential of quantum computing, a type of high-speed calculation at terribly chilly temperatures that can carry computer systems to unprecedented processing speeds.

    However, present real-world functions within the subject are nonetheless very fundamental and restricted to a small group of early shoppers.

    The United States, China and the European Union have initiated massively funded tasks in quantum computing, hoping to tug forward within the subject, which is usually thought of as one of many cornerstones on which the brand new world supremacy can be decided.

    Global governments and corporations will make investments round $16.4 billion in quantum improvement by the top of 2027, in response to market researcher IDC.

    U.S. tech big IBM has mentioned that it plans to make a quantum pc prepared for business use in 2025 with a more-than-4,000 qubit processor. IBM has to date launched quantum processors with 127 qubits.

    Alphabet Inc’s Google can be aiming to develop a pc with 1,000,000 qubits by the top of this decade.

  • TikTok mother or father ByteDance begins hiring for doable push into semiconductors

    The standout Chinese startup ByteDance Ltd. has begun hiring staff for a doable push into semiconductors, exploring an enlargement effectively past the hit video app TikTok for which it’s best recognized. The Beijing-based firm has posted a minimum of a dozen job openings associated to semiconductors, together with {hardware} and software program engineers in cities like Shanghai and Beijing. A spokesperson for the corporate confirmed it’s hiring expertise because it explores initiatives within the subject, together with constructing server chips primarily based on Arm Ltd. designs. ByteDance, based by Zhang Yiming, has turn into probably the most worthwhile startup on the earth on the success of TikTok and its home clone, Douyin. The firm, final valued at about $180 billion, is claimed to be exploring an preliminary public providing for a few of its companies in Hong Kong, together with Douyin. In pushing into chips, Zhang is delving right into a enterprise that has turn into a high precedence for China’s Communist Party. During the National People’s Congress this month, the federal government pledged to spice up spending and drive analysis into cutting-edge chips and synthetic intelligence, in an effort to vie with the U.S. for international affect. Baidu Inc., the dominant search supplier in China and a ByteDance rival, just lately raised $230 million for its AI chip division forward of a possible spin-off of the enterprise. Companies resembling Google, Amazon.com Inc. and Apple Inc. have all labored to customized design silicon as they broaden into new fields. Gains in effectivity and safety are among the many key benefits of crafting application-specific {hardware}. ByteDance’s foray may assist it produce chips tailored for processing the information and making AI suggestions for its secure of social apps. This story has been printed from a wire company feed with out modifications to the textual content. Subscribe to Mint Newsletters * Enter a sound e-mail * Thank you for subscribing to our publication.