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At the 2025 World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC), Baidu presented multiple innovative achievements and latest developments in the field of artificial intelligence. During the conference, Baidu announced that its Apollo Go, PaddlePaddle Deep Learning Platform, and Baidu Intelligent Computing Cluster have been selected for the China Artificial Intelligence Industry Innovation Exhibition. Among them, Apollo Go not only exhibited as an item but also served as a shuttle vehicle for the conference, demonstrating the mature application of its autonomous driving technology. Currently, Apollo Go has provided over 11 million travel services worldwide, with safety driving mileage exceeding 1

Ant Group launches 'Treasure Box' AI platform for service industry digitalization, offering 70+ plugins and rapid deployment.....

Google experts stated at Search Central Live that AI won't disrupt SEO fundamentals. AI functions within traditional search frameworks, keeping core rules unchanged. While SEO techniques remain the same, AI summaries reduce click-through rates for regular results, challenging website visibility and diminishing traditional sites' influence in AI-driven search ecosystems.....

Google introduces 'Web Guide' using Gemini AI to reorganize search results with smart categorization and AI summaries. Currently in testing, it enhances search efficiency with contextual answers.....

Metasearch offers a cost-effective Bing API alternative with multilingual index, multi-modal search, and developer-friendly APIs at $0.03/query.....

Mita AI Search announced the official launch of its search API, offering developers a new alternative to Bing Search API. With the upcoming shutdown of Bing Search API in August 2025, Mita's initiative undoubtedly brings new hope to many enterprises and developers who rely on search APIs. Over the past year, Mita has built a multilingual index database with hundreds of billions of entries, which has been tested through daily millions of calls in Mita AI Search. Now

The夸克 Health Large Model has passed the written evaluation of 12 core medical disciplines by chief physicians in China, becoming the first large model to reach this level domestically. The model has been integrated into夸克AI Search, allowing users to access chief physician-level AI medical services through deep search. Its core breakthrough lies in establishing a slow-thinking capability, processing complex medical issues through chain reasoning and clinical deduction path modeling.夸克 adopts a dual data production line + dual reward mechanism training system, with a team of thousands of physicians labeling the data, including over 400 deputy chief physicians and above. The platform currently has more than 20 million monthly active medical student users.

Tencent's Yuanbao App integrates QQ Music, enabling voice search and song recommendations in v2.30, enhancing AI's multimodal capabilities for entertainment.....

On July 18, Xiaodu officially launched its first MCP Server that supports interaction with the physical world, completing the MCP upgrade of terminal devices and core IoT capabilities, bringing a new transformation to AI application development and leading the industry towards a new era of 'all things intelligent interconnection'. The Xiaodu Open Platform has innovatively introduced two core services. One is the Xiaodu Speaker MCP Server, allowing developers to control devices, deliver voice announcements, and perform remote monitoring through text commands; the other is the Xiaodu IoT MCP Server, which opens up full-home device control.

Open-source RL framework ART released, enhancing AI Agent training with GRPO tech. Features Python support, small model compatibility, and client-server architecture for multi-step tasks like email automation and game AI.....

Baidu launches a new AI search assistant called Tizzy.ai, featuring an ad-free smart search experience. The app is developed based on Baidu's large model, with a simple interface that only retains the search and resource library access points. Core features include smart search, deep thinking, and resource retrieval, supporting both automatic quick response and deep reasoning modes. It specially integrates online media resources, offering movie, TV series, and short drama sections, supporting playback jumping and speed adjustment functions. As a one-stop intelligent assistant, it can accurately search for information and assist users in decision-making and learning, showcasing Baidu's new breakthroughs in the field of AI.

Baidu AI Assistant introduces 'Video Call' feature, enabling real-time video chats via Baidu APP. It covers four scenarios: object/insect identification, styling advice, pet behavior analysis, and emotional support, with dialect recognition for elderly users. This upgrade transforms AI from a tool to a smart life companion.....

Perplexity AI partners with SheerID to offer 264M students globally 2 years of free Pro membership ($20/month value). SheerID verifies student status via 200K data sources in 190 countries within 3 minutes, preventing fraud. 86% US students use AI tools, driving demand for academic integrity-focused services. Perplexity emphasizes accuracy and data privacy, gaining academic favor. SheerID delivers 337% ROI for clients.....

On July 15, Mita AI Search announced the completion of a new iteration of its 'Deep Research' module and its official public beta launch, becoming the first search service in China that is freely open to the public and features multi-turn reasoning chain visualization. The upgraded system adopts a segmented reinforcement learning strategy, breaking down the originally computationally intensive 'Deep Research' tasks into multiple sub-tasks, maintaining result accuracy while reducing operational costs to a level that allows for public free access. It performs particularly well in retrieving and reasoning with Chinese corpus.

Baidu's stock surged 5% to $90.68, driven by China's booming AI model market. With 1810 projects totaling $64M in H1 2025, Baidu Intelligent Cloud leads in finance and energy sectors, securing 48 projects worth $51M. Partnered with 65% of state-owned enterprises for AI.....

On July 7, the Baidu AI team announced the official release of PaddleOCR 3.1, achieving three major upgrades in multilingual recognition, complex document translation, and large model connectivity. The new version supports text recognition in 37 languages, with an average accuracy improvement of over 30%. It also introduces a document translation pipeline and MCP server functionality to help developers efficiently build AI applications. To address multilingual needs in global scenarios, PaddleOCR 3.1 adds the PP-OCRv5 multilingual model, covering 37 languages including French, Spanish, and Russian.

The smart assistant Yuanbao announced today a major upgrade to its core search function, introducing the new feature 'More Can Be Searched with Just One Phrase.' Now, users only need to ask a simple question, and Yuanbao will intelligently match and display content from images and video accounts, making information access more abundant and intuitive than ever before. In the past, Yuanbao could easily handle daily needs such as weather inquiries, stock price checks, and location searches. This upgrade takes Yuanbao's intelligent search capabilities to a new level. Whether you want to learn a new skill or solve a small problem in life, Yuanbao can integrate text