Recently, State Grid Corporation announced the launch of China's first trillion-parameter artificial intelligence large model in the power industry - the 'Bright Power Large Model'. They have signed a strategic cooperation framework agreement with Baidu and Alibaba. The officials stated that they will work together with the signing parties to build the Bright Power Large Model and promote the integrated development of energy and power technological innovation and industrial innovation.

NetEase's popular mobile game 'Nirvana in Fire' has partnered with Baidu's Wencin AI model to launch the world's first AI model arena within a game, providing players with a brand-new experience of real-time interaction with AI character roles. This collaboration marks a new frontier in the integration of 'Artificial Intelligence + Gaming,' offering over a hundred million players a more immersive and free gaming experience.

The Baidu Wenku App has launched a new 'AI Examination Guide' aimed at providing efficient learning and exam preparation support for graduate school candidates during the final stages. The platform utilizes artificial intelligence technology to help students enhance their review efficiency and exam scores during this crucial period through a series of innovative tools.

Baidu Wenku recently announced an upgrade to its AI capabilities with the launch of the 'Professional PPT Generation' feature, aimed at helping users easily create professional and high-quality PPT presentations. This new feature utilizes AI technology to generate clear content, highlight themes, and appropriately use professional terminology based on keywords or topics input by the user, significantly simplifying the tedious process from conception to design and final draft.

On November 30, the China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) released the 'Generative Artificial Intelligence Application Development Report (2024)', which revealed that by June 2024, the user base of generative artificial intelligence products in China reached 230 million, accounting for 16.4% of the total population. Among various generative AI products, Baidu's Wenxin Yiyan leads with an 11.5% usage rate among domestic internet users.

Apple Inc. has partnered with Chinese tech giant Baidu to integrate Baidu's AI large model, Ernie 4.0, into the domestic version of the iPhone, aiming to enhance the AI experience for iPhone users. In this collaboration, Apple has paid the necessary fees to access Baidu's advanced AI technology. Although there have been some challenges during the adaptation process, such as the AI failing to provide accurate responses in certain common usage scenarios, Apple still has time for necessary testing and adjustments to ensure that the Chinese version of Apple Intelligence is effective.

Baidu AI has recently launched a new feature - the 'Deep Writing' Professional Version of Wenxin Yiyan. This feature aims to enhance AI writing capabilities by actively searching and referencing materials, making the article content richer and more specific, tailored to meet users' personalized needs. This feature is particularly suitable for occasions requiring personalized text creation, such as summary reports, and can automatically search the internet for sample texts, typical cases, and other relevant materials to provide users with more targeted creative support.

Baidu Wenku recently launched a new feature called 'AI All-Net Search', aimed at enhancing the efficiency and accuracy of information retrieval through powerful AI technology, providing users with a comprehensive and diverse knowledge graph. In this era of information explosion, users need to quickly capture key points from vast amounts of data, while traditional search engines often drown people in complex results. 'AI All-Net Search' redefines information retrieval by integrating various types of information from the internet, making every search an efficient, precise, and enjoyable journey of knowledge exploration.

Baidu announced its financial report for the third quarter of 2024 yesterday, showing total revenue of 33.6 billion RMB, a 3% decrease compared to the same period last year. In terms of net profit, Baidu's net profit attributable to the company was 7.6 billion RMB, while the non-GAAP net profit was 5.9 billion RMB. During the subsequent earnings conference call, Baidu's senior management, including Chairman and CEO Li Yanhong, President of the Mobile Ecosystem Group Luo Rong, President of the Intelligent Cloud Group Shen Dou, and Acting CFO He Junjie, provided detailed insights on the highlights of the report.

Baidu announced today its financial report for the third quarter of 2024. The data shows that the company's total revenue reached 33.6 billion yuan in the three months ending September 30, a decrease of 3% compared to the same period last year. In terms of net profit, Baidu's net profit attributable to the company was 7.6 billion yuan, while the net profit calculated according to non-GAAP was 5.9 billion yuan.

Baidu's Chief Technology Officer Wang Haifeng announced at the 'Baidu World 2024' conference that the user base of Wenxin Yiyan has reached 430 million. Since its launch on March 16 last year, Baidu's Wenxin large model has undergone continuous upgrades, with technologies such as knowledge enhancement, retrieval enhancement, and intelligent agents continually evolving. Wang Haifeng detailed the latest technological advancements and applications of the Wenxin large model, including retrieval-enhanced text-to-image technology, the no-code product Miaoda, and Wenxin Fast Code, among others.

At the Baidu World Conference held on November 12, 2024, Baidu announced an important innovation in the field of AI creation — 'Free Canvas', a new feature launched in collaboration with Baidu Wenku and Baidu Netdisk. Baidu's founder, chairman, and CEO Robin Li emphasized that 'Free Canvas' is a versatile whiteboard powered by the Wenxin multimodal large model, designed to inspire limitless inspiration and creativity in everyone, allowing anyone to become the protagonist of their own story, a cartoonist, or a short video director. He pointed out that 'Free Canvas' is not a futures product but is available immediately.

At the 2024 Baidu World Conference, Baidu introduced an innovative no-code tool called 'MiaoDa', personally launched by Baidu founder Robin Li. This tool integrates three core functionalities: no-code programming, multi-agent collaboration, and multi-tool invocation, and was hailed by Robin Li as 'the most complex multi-agent collaboration tool in human history.'

At the 2024 World Baidu Conference, Baidu founder Li Yanhong presented a series of eye-catching advancements in the field of AI. He pointed out that the most significant breakthrough in large model technology over the past two years has been the basic resolution of the 'illusion' problem, marking a qualitative leap in the accuracy of AI responses, transforming it from 'seriously spouting nonsense' to a reliable intelligent assistant. At the conference, Li Yanhong emphasized Baidu's latest retrieval-augmented generation technology, iRAG, which innovatively integrates the vast image resources accumulated by Baidu's search platform and advanced techniques.

At the 2024 Baidu World Conference held at the Shanghai Expo Center, Li Yanhong, founder, chairman, and CEO of Baidu, announced an impressive achievement: the daily call volume of the Wenxin large model has exceeded 1.5 billion, a figure that has grown by more than 7.5 times in the past six months.