At the upcoming Baidu World Conference on November 12, Xiaodu will unveil its latest 'New Species of AI', marking a new exploration for the company in the integration of artificial intelligence and hardware. All Xiaodu products are now equipped with large model technology, significantly enhancing their intelligence across multiple dimensions such as understanding, generation, and memory. Particularly in the area of AI dialogue, Xiaodu has increased interaction rounds with users by seven times, demonstrating a major advancement in its interactive capabilities.

According to a report by Bloomberg, Baidu Inc. will officially launch a pair of smart glasses with a built-in AI assistant at the upcoming annual Baidu World Conference, aiming to compete with Meta's Ray-Bans. These glasses will not only strive for innovative functionality but also offer users a completely new smart experience. The conference will be held next week in Shanghai, and as China's leading search engine and a long-term investor in AI, Baidu is naturally attracting significant industry attention. Insider sources reveal that these glasses will be equipped with...

According to insider sources, Baidu is set to unveil a new smart glasses product at the Baidu World Conference in Shanghai next week. These glasses will feature a built-in camera for capturing photos and videos, and will provide voice interaction capabilities based on Baidu's Wenxin large model. In the wave of global AI commercialization, 2024 has already seen the birth of multiple AI hardware products. While Humane's Ai Pin has not performed well, Microsoft's Copilot+ PC series has gained market recognition. Notably, Meta is collaborating with Ray-Ban's manufacturer.

On October 30, Mianbi Intelligence announced a strategic partnership with Baidu Intelligent Cloud, aiming to jointly develop collaborative solutions for large models. According to the partnership agreement, the two parties will leverage Baidu Intelligent Cloud's Qianfan Large Model Platform, Wenxin series large models, as well as Mianbi's MiniCPM series edge large models and cutting-edge technology accumulation across multiple terminals and different scenarios, to collaboratively develop and promote edge-cloud collaborative technology solutions that further enhance the performance of large models in practical applications such as embodied intelligence, smart terminals, and edge computing, while reducing the inference costs of large models.

On October 22, Baidu released the top ten frontier technology inventions of 2024 in Beijing, highlighting multiple innovative native applications of artificial intelligence and high-value patent outcomes. Among these frontier technological inventions, 'large models' emerged as a prominent keyword, showcasing Baidu's in-depth research and application in this field.

Researchers from Fudan University and Baidu have jointly developed a new AI model called Hallo2, which can generate character animations in 4K resolution for durations of up to several hours, with precise control via voice and text prompts. Traditionally, producing high-quality character animations requires significant time and manpower. The introduction of Hallo2 is expected to completely change this situation, bringing revolutionary changes to fields such as filmmaking, virtual assistants, and game development.

In the episode of HBR Live: The Future of Business, Baidu founder Robin Li had an in-depth conversation with Adi Ignatius, editor-in-chief of the Harvard Business Review, discussing the development trends of artificial intelligence (AI), the phenomenon of bubbles, and the future relationship between AI and humanity. Robin Li believes that although it is difficult to avoid bubbles in the early stages of technological waves, ultimately, 1% of companies will emerge after the bubble and create tremendous value for society.

Recently, Baido Intelligent Cloud officially launched the Visual Large Model Platform v4.5. This upgrade not only brings revolutionary changes to the industrial sector but also provides efficient visual intelligence solutions in various fields such as safety production, restaurant chain management, and factory workshop operations. The upgrade of the Baido Intelligent Cloud Visual Large Model Platform is based on breakthroughs in large model technology, addressing 95% of visual-related demands that were unmet in the era of small models. In scenarios such as mining, restaurant chains, and factory workshops, AI video analysis has been utilized to achieve safety management.

Baidu Input Method announces a comprehensive upgrade of its all-scenario AI writing assistant 'Super Writing', integrating a variety of functions such as AI writing, AI chatting, and AI intelligent Q&A, enhancing its comprehensive strength as an AI input method product. In addition, Baidu Input Method has also launched new multimodal creation features like 'Text-to-Image', further improving users' content creation experience in different scenarios.

Baidu's official account recently announced that the 2024 Baidu World Congress will be held on November 12 in Shanghai. This congress is Baidu's most important annual technology and product launch event, having been held continuously since 2006 for 18 years. Last year, Baidu's founder, Li Yanhong, introduced the Wenxin Large Model 4.0 at the congress, showcasing Baidu's new AI applications including search, maps, document library, and cloud storage under the theme 'Hands-On Guide to Creating AI Native Applications'. The Wenxin Large Model leads in usage domestically, with daily invocation exceeding 700 million times, compared to last year.

On September 25, Baidu Wenxin Kuai Ma topped the rankings of two major evaluation organizations, Sullivan and SuperCLUE. The '2024 AI Code Generation Market Observation Report - Milestone' published by Sullivan in collaboration with the TOPO Research Institute shows that Baidu Wenxin Kuai Ma ranks first across eight important dimensions, including technological foundation, application implementation, and product maturity, making it the product with the most first-place awards among all participating vendors. On the same day, the domestic evaluation organization SuperCLUE released the 'Chinese Native Code Assistant Evaluation Benchmark List', in which Baidu Wenxin Kuai Ma also achieved high marks.

At the Baidu Cloud Smart Conference held on September 25, 2024, Baidu Intelligent Cloud announced a series of significant upgrades for enterprise AI applications, aimed at helping businesses utilize large models more efficiently and economically. These upgrades include version 4.0 of the Baijie AI Heterogeneous Computing Platform and version 3.0 of the Qianfan Large Model Platform, as well as a comprehensive update of AI native application products such as the Code Assistant, Intelligent Customer Service, and Digital Humans.

At the Baidu Cloud Intelligence Conference held today, Tang Jiayu, co-founder and CEO of Shengshu Technology, announced that Vidu, the first domestic video large model, officially opens its API and integrates with Baidu Intelligent Cloud's Qianfan Large Model Platform, becoming the first video large model on this platform. Vidu's self-developed video generation technology boasts advantages such as high dynamism, diverse styles, and exceptional reasoning. It has also launched the 'Subject Reference' feature globally, effectively solving the problem of consistent video model generation. Since its launch at the end of July, Vidu has received thousands of enterprise user integrations.

At Baidu's Cloud Intelligence Summit in 2024, Baidu Smart Cloud took center stage as its Qianfan Large Model Platform announced a successful upgrade to version 3.0. This announcement signifies a major advancement for Baidu in the AI field. According to Baidu, the daily call volume of its Wenxin large model has exceeded 700 million, a figure that not only reflects its widespread application but also shows its popularity in the market. The Qianfan Large Model Platform from Baidu Smart Cloud has made breakthroughs in the number of models and has helped users fine-tune 30,000 large models.

At the 2024 Baidu Cloud Intelligence Conference, Baidu Smart Cloud announced that the Qianfan Large Model Platform has successfully upgraded to version 3.0 and released its latest 'report card'. The platform has assisted users in fine-tuning 30,000 large models and developing over 700,000 enterprise applications, with the daily call volume of the Wenxin large model exceeding 700 million. To meet the needs of enterprises in the large model industry, Qianfan Large Model Platform 3.0 has undergone comprehensive upgrades on multiple levels. The platform now supports calls to nearly a hundred domestic and international large models, including the Wenxin series.

Shen Dou, Executive Vice President of Baidu Group, announced the upgrade of the Baike Computing Platform 4.0 at the 2024 Baidu Cloud Intelligence Conference held today. This new version supports multi-core hybrid training and multi-core adaptation, achieving over 99.5% effective training duration on a ten-thousand-card cluster, significantly improving computing power usage efficiency. In the context of current computing power shortages, the upgrade of Baike 4.0 will help enterprises utilize computing resources more effectively and reduce operational costs. The focus of the upgrade is to enhance the capability of 'multi-core hybrid training', enabling it to achieve 9.

Beijing Baidu Network Technology Co., Ltd. and Beijing Zhiyuan Artificial Intelligence Research Institute announced today the formal signing of a strategic cooperation agreement, under which the two sides will engage in deep collaboration in large model and other fields, jointly constructing an AI industry-research collaborative ecosystem. Baidu has been comprehensively laying out its artificial intelligence strategy since 2010 and is one of the few companies globally that has fully integrated its AI efforts, from Kunlun chips, PaddlePaddle deep learning platform, Wenxin large model to applications.

As of now, the 'Wenxin Mentor' program has recruited 422 experts from various fields.