A year after Chinese search engine operator Baidu released its ChatGPT-like Ernie bot, the company this week announced a tool to encourage local residents to develop AI applications. “Today's China has one billion Internet users, a strong foundation model, ample AI application scenarios, and the world's most complete industrial system,” CEO Robin Li said in a statement Tuesday on Baidu's annual report. He said this in his opening speech at the Next AI Developers Conference.
Baidu AI tools
Baidu's newly announced AI tool allows anyone without coding knowledge to create generative AI-powered chatbots with specific functionality to improve your website, Baidu search engine results, and other online content. Can be integrated into your portal.
Basic Baidu tools are typically free to try, up to certain usage limits, as are some of Google's cloud and AI capabilities. OpenAI charges a monthly fee for the latest version of ChatGPT and the ability to use it for computer programs. The older ChatGPT 3.5 model is free to use, but custom-built GPT is not accessible.
Baidu Ernie new version
Baidu also announced this week three new versions of the Ernie AI model called “Speed,” “Lite,” and “Tiny,” which programmers can selectively access based on task complexity.
“I feel like they are focused on building an entire native AI development ecosystem and providing a full set of development tools and platform solutions,” said Bo Du, managing director at WestSummit Capital Management. I am. According to a CNBC translation of China's statement:
Baidu Ernie Bot
Baidu announced this week that the Ernie bot has amassed more than 200 million users since its launch last March, with the computer program accessing the underlying AI model 200 million times a day. The company says more than 85,000 enterprise customers have created 190,000 AI applications using its AI cloud platform.
Comate AI Coding Assistantt
Baidu said that since introducing its AI coding assistant “Comate” a year ago, the tool has contributed to 27% of the company's newly generated code. According to Baidu, audio streaming app Ximalaya, IT services company iSoftStone, and Shanghai Mitsubishi Elevator are among its more than 10,000 corporate users, who have adopted nearly half of the code the tool generates. Masu.
GPower-generating chatbot using AI
The global rush to develop generative AI is creating a shortage of semiconductors needed to provide the computing power. Chinese companies face further constraints from U.S. chip export restrictions.
Baidu did not specifically discuss the lack of computing power during the main conference session. In his speech, Dou Shen, Baidu's head of AI cloud, cited “uncertainty” in the chip supply chain and said Baidu has a platform that can access the capabilities of multiple different types of chips. It was announced that there is.
Back in February, Li said in an earnings call that Baidu's AI chip reserves “will allow us to continue to strengthen Arnie over the next year or two.” The company is scheduled to announce its first quarter results on May 16th.
