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Baidu Releases Ernie 4.5 Foundation Model and Ernie X1 Reasoning Model With Multimodal Capabilities
Baidu released two new artificial intelligence (AI) models on Sunday. One, Ernie 4.5, is a foundation model that succeeds the company’s previous generation, while the other, Ernie X1, is a reasoning-focused model. The latter is also the Chinese tech giant’s first attempt at a “deep-thinking” AI model, and Baidu claims that the large languag...
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Alibaba Releases Open-Source Wan 2.1 Suite of AI Video Generation Models, Claimed to Outperform OpenAI’s Sora
Alibaba released a suite of artificial intelligence (AI) video generation models on Wednesday. Dubbed Wan 2.1, these are open-source models that can be used for both academic and commercial purposes. The Chinese e-commerce giant released the models in several parameter-based variants. Developed by the company’s Wan team, these models were first i...
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Baidu's New AI Text-to-Image Generator I-RAG and No-Code Platform Miaoda Reportedly Announced
Baidu, the Chinese tech giant, announced two new artificial intelligence (AI) platforms on Tuesday. The company introduced a text-to-image generator dubbed I-RAG and a no-code platform called Miaoda. The new AI platforms were showcased at the Baidu World Conference, the company’s annual event. Additionally, the company also plans to launch new AI...
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Chinese Group Alipay Said to Have Sold 3.4 Percent Stake in Zomato
Chinese payments group Alipay plans to sell its 3.4 percent stake in Indian food delivery giant Zomato for nearly $400 million (nearly Rs. 3,333 crore) through block deals on Indian stock exchanges, according to three sources and a Reuters review of the deal's term sheet. Alipay, owned by Ant Group, will offload its entire 3.44 percent stake in the...
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Chinese Tech Firms Baidu, TikTok-owner ByteDance, Tencent, Alibaba Order Nvidia AI Chips Worth $5 Billion: Report
China's internet giants are reportedly rushing to acquire high-performance Nvidia chips vital for building generative artificial intelligence systems, making orders worth $5 billion.
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Paytm CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma to Buy 10.3 Percent Stake in Firm From Antfin Amid China Concerns
Paytm Chairman Vijay Shekhar Sharma will buy a 10.3 percent stake worth $628 million (roughly Rs. 5,195 crore) in the firm he founded from an arm of Chinese fintech giant Ant Financial in a deal that would make him its single largest shareholder.
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Taiwanese Technology Giants Look to Relocate Production Bases to India in Move Away From China
Leading Taiwanese technology firms are looking at relocating their manufacturing bases to India to bring down their exposure to the Chinese market, top policymakers in the Taiwan government have said, amid the self-governed island's increasingly tense relations with China.
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Alibaba Appoints Eddie Wu as New CEO; Joseph Tsai to Be New Chairman Starting September 10
Chinese tech giant Alibaba said Tuesday it will replace chairman and CEO Daniel Zhang with Joseph Tsai as chairman and Eddie Wu as CEO. Both appointments will take effect on September 10.
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Baidu Launches $145 Million Venture Capital Fund for Startups Working on AI
Chinese search giant Baidu will set up a venture capital fund of CNY 1 billion ($145 million, or roughly Rs. 1,200 crore) to back startups focused on content generated by artificial intelligence applications, it said on Wednesday.
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Baidu Will 'Very Soon' Officially Launch Its Generative AI Model Ernie 3.5, Says CEO
Chinese search engine giant Baidu's CEO Robin Li said on Friday that the company will "very soon" officially launch Ernie 3.5, a generative AI large-language model. Li made the announcement at the Zhongguancun Forum, one of China's most well-known technology forums, around two months after Ernie Bot was first shown to the public to mixed reviews.
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Baidu Sues Apple, Other App Developers Over Fake Copies of Ernie Bot App
Chinese search engine giant Baidu has filed lawsuits against "relevant" app developers and Apple over fake copies of its Ernie bot app available on Apple's App Store. The company's artificial intelligence powered Ernie bot, launched last month, has been touted as China's closest answer to the US-developed chatbot ChatGPT.
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Bard, Bing and Baidu: How Big Tech’s AI Race Will Transform Search – and All of Computing
Google's Bard, Microsoft's Bing (powered by ChatGPT), and Baidu are all racing towards offering users access to AI powered results. Instead of using words provided by users to search for results, these services will attempt to “understand” complex questions and then answer those queries themselves. Here's how Big Tech's AI race will transform ...
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Xiaomi TV Stick 4K with Dolby Vision, Dolby Atmos to Launch in India on February 14
Xiaomi has announced that its smart home product, the Xiaomi TV Stick 4K, will be available in India starting February 14. The product was first released by the Chinese tech giant in December 2021. The device runs Android TV 11 and has Dolby Vision support for better video playback. Xiaomi's Patchwall, which the company already uses in its smart TV...
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Baidu’s ChatGPT-Style Service ‘Ernie Bot’ to Complete Internal Testing in March as AI Race Heats Up
Chinese internet giant Baidu said that its own ChatGPT-style AI chatbot, dubbed “Ernie Bot,” will complete internal testing in time for launch in March. The latest development comes as the race for global artificial intelligence supremacy heats up, with Google announcing its own AI project, Bard.
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Chinese Internet Giant Baidu Planning to Launch AI Chatbot Similar to OpenAI’s ChatGPT in March
Baidu, the Chinese Internet giant, is planning to launch an artificial intelligence chatbot tool similar to OpenAI's ChatGPT in March. ChatGPT's tech works by learning from vast amounts of data how to answer any prompt by a user in a human-like way, offering the information like a search engine would or prose like an aspiring novelist.
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Baidu Releases Ernie 4.5 Foundation Model and Ernie X1 Reasoning Model With Multimodal Capabilities
Baidu released two new artificial intelligence (AI) models on Sunday. One, Ernie 4.5, is a foundation model that succeeds the company’s previous generation, while the other, Ernie X1, is a reasoning-focused model. The latter is also the Chinese tech giant’s first attempt at a “deep-thinking” AI model, and Baidu claims that the large languag...
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Alibaba Releases Open-Source Wan 2.1 Suite of AI Video Generation Models, Claimed to Outperform OpenAI’s Sora
Alibaba released a suite of artificial intelligence (AI) video generation models on Wednesday. Dubbed Wan 2.1, these are open-source models that can be used for both academic and commercial purposes. The Chinese e-commerce giant released the models in several parameter-based variants. Developed by the company’s Wan team, these models were first i...
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Baidu's New AI Text-to-Image Generator I-RAG and No-Code Platform Miaoda Reportedly Announced
Baidu, the Chinese tech giant, announced two new artificial intelligence (AI) platforms on Tuesday. The company introduced a text-to-image generator dubbed I-RAG and a no-code platform called Miaoda. The new AI platforms were showcased at the Baidu World Conference, the company’s annual event. Additionally, the company also plans to launch new AI...
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Chinese Group Alipay Said to Have Sold 3.4 Percent Stake in Zomato
Chinese payments group Alipay plans to sell its 3.4 percent stake in Indian food delivery giant Zomato for nearly $400 million (nearly Rs. 3,333 crore) through block deals on Indian stock exchanges, according to three sources and a Reuters review of the deal's term sheet. Alipay, owned by Ant Group, will offload its entire 3.44 percent stake in the...
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Chinese Tech Firms Baidu, TikTok-owner ByteDance, Tencent, Alibaba Order Nvidia AI Chips Worth $5 Billion: Report
China's internet giants are reportedly rushing to acquire high-performance Nvidia chips vital for building generative artificial intelligence systems, making orders worth $5 billion.
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Paytm CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma to Buy 10.3 Percent Stake in Firm From Antfin Amid China Concerns
Paytm Chairman Vijay Shekhar Sharma will buy a 10.3 percent stake worth $628 million (roughly Rs. 5,195 crore) in the firm he founded from an arm of Chinese fintech giant Ant Financial in a deal that would make him its single largest shareholder.
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Taiwanese Technology Giants Look to Relocate Production Bases to India in Move Away From China
Leading Taiwanese technology firms are looking at relocating their manufacturing bases to India to bring down their exposure to the Chinese market, top policymakers in the Taiwan government have said, amid the self-governed island's increasingly tense relations with China.
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Alibaba Appoints Eddie Wu as New CEO; Joseph Tsai to Be New Chairman Starting September 10
Chinese tech giant Alibaba said Tuesday it will replace chairman and CEO Daniel Zhang with Joseph Tsai as chairman and Eddie Wu as CEO. Both appointments will take effect on September 10.
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Baidu Launches $145 Million Venture Capital Fund for Startups Working on AI
Chinese search giant Baidu will set up a venture capital fund of CNY 1 billion ($145 million, or roughly Rs. 1,200 crore) to back startups focused on content generated by artificial intelligence applications, it said on Wednesday.
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Baidu Will 'Very Soon' Officially Launch Its Generative AI Model Ernie 3.5, Says CEO
Chinese search engine giant Baidu's CEO Robin Li said on Friday that the company will "very soon" officially launch Ernie 3.5, a generative AI large-language model. Li made the announcement at the Zhongguancun Forum, one of China's most well-known technology forums, around two months after Ernie Bot was first shown to the public to mixed reviews.
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Baidu Sues Apple, Other App Developers Over Fake Copies of Ernie Bot App
Chinese search engine giant Baidu has filed lawsuits against "relevant" app developers and Apple over fake copies of its Ernie bot app available on Apple's App Store. The company's artificial intelligence powered Ernie bot, launched last month, has been touted as China's closest answer to the US-developed chatbot ChatGPT.
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Bard, Bing and Baidu: How Big Tech’s AI Race Will Transform Search – and All of Computing
Google's Bard, Microsoft's Bing (powered by ChatGPT), and Baidu are all racing towards offering users access to AI powered results. Instead of using words provided by users to search for results, these services will attempt to “understand” complex questions and then answer those queries themselves. Here's how Big Tech's AI race will transform ...
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Xiaomi TV Stick 4K with Dolby Vision, Dolby Atmos to Launch in India on February 14
Xiaomi has announced that its smart home product, the Xiaomi TV Stick 4K, will be available in India starting February 14. The product was first released by the Chinese tech giant in December 2021. The device runs Android TV 11 and has Dolby Vision support for better video playback. Xiaomi's Patchwall, which the company already uses in its smart TV...
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Baidu’s ChatGPT-Style Service ‘Ernie Bot’ to Complete Internal Testing in March as AI Race Heats Up
Chinese internet giant Baidu said that its own ChatGPT-style AI chatbot, dubbed “Ernie Bot,” will complete internal testing in time for launch in March. The latest development comes as the race for global artificial intelligence supremacy heats up, with Google announcing its own AI project, Bard.
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Chinese Internet Giant Baidu Planning to Launch AI Chatbot Similar to OpenAI’s ChatGPT in March
Baidu, the Chinese Internet giant, is planning to launch an artificial intelligence chatbot tool similar to OpenAI's ChatGPT in March. ChatGPT's tech works by learning from vast amounts of data how to answer any prompt by a user in a human-like way, offering the information like a search engine would or prose like an aspiring novelist.
