HILARIOUS!   Is Baidu's Ernie bot simply translating the Chinese prompt into English and putting it in foreign image generators like Stable Diffusion?

https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3214566/chinese-search-giant-baidu-defends-ai-research-capabilities-after-its-chatgpt-ernie-bot-draws-turkey?utm_medium=email&utm_source=cm&utm_campaign=enlz-insidechinatech&utm_content=20230324&tpcc=enlz-insidechinatech&UUID=810ab81034dec15e3bb0ff25f2547918&tc=5&CMCampaignID=2ccbb2ca15f253a7af341376b9db94e2

Baidu defends AI research capabilities after Ernie Bot is accused of copying

HILARIOUS!   Is Baidu's Ernie bot simply translating the Chinese prompt into English and putting it in foreign image generators like Stable Diffusion?  https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3214566/chinese-search-giant-baidu-defends-ai-research-capabilities-after-its-chatgpt-ernie-bot-draws-turkey?utm_medium=email&utm_source=cm&utm_campaign=enlz-insidechinatech&utm_content=20230324&tpcc=enlz-insidechinatech&UUID=810ab81034dec15e3bb0ff25f2547918&tc=5&CMCampaignID=2ccbb2ca15f253a7af341376b9db94e2

Todd Smith

Chinese search giant Baidu launched two new artificial intelligence models Sunday in an attempt to stay competitive after the rapid rise of DeepSeek.

https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/baidu-launches-new-ai-reasoning-model-challenge-deepseek

#🇨🇳 ChinA.I. 🤖🧠🦾🤖

🇨🇳 ChinA.I. 🤖🧠🦾🤖

Chinese search giant Baidu launched two new artificial intelligence models Sunday in an attempt to stay competitive after the rapid rise of DeepSeek.  https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/baidu-launches-new-ai-reasoning-model-challenge-deepseek  #🇨🇳 ChinA.I. 🤖🧠🦾🤖

Chinese search giant Baidu launched two new artificial intelligence models Sunday in an attempt to stay competitive after the rapid rise of DeepSeek.    Baidu unveiled Ernie 4.5, the latest version of the company’s multimodal foundation models that understand text, image, audio and video, as well as Ernie X1, a new AI reasoning model. Baidu said in a statement that Ernie X1 “delivers performance

Baidu Launches New AI Reasoning Model in Challenge to DeepSeek

Apple continues to work with Baidu to develop artificial intelligence features for iPhone users in China even after onboarding new partner Alibaba Group, according to two people with direct knowledge of the matter.
Specifically, Baidu has been developing an AI-powered search feature that can handle images and text and upgrades to the Chinese version of Siri voice assistant, the two people said. These features are part of a suite of functions known as Apple Intelligence, which has been rolled out to the U.S. and several other countries, but not yet to China, Apple’s biggest market outside the U.S.
This is because Chinese regulations require Apple to partner with a local company to develop any AI applications for consumer use. The Information reported earlier this week that Alibaba had been working with Apple on AI features, after the partnership with Baidu met with challenges. Alibaba Chairman Joe Tsai confirmed the partnership on Thursday while speaking at a conference in Dubai.
Apple’s cooperation with both Baidu and Alibaba shows how the iPhone maker is hedging its bets by entering into non-exclusive agreements with more than one AI partner in China, an area where Apple faced increasing competition from local smartphone brands such as Huawei and Vivo. Apple Intelligence relies on a mix of Apple’s own AI models and a partnership with OpenAI, whose ChatGPT software is being used to handle more of the iPhone’s complex tasks. Apple has said that it hopes to offer AI models from other companies such as Google in the future.

Apple continues to work with Baidu to develop artificial intelligence features for iPhone users in China even after onboarding new partner Alibaba Group, according to two people with direct knowledge of the matter. Specifically, Baidu has been developing an AI-powered search feature that can handle images and text and upgrades to the Chinese version of Siri voice assistant, the two people said. These features are part of a suite of functions known as Apple Intelligence, which has been rolled out to the U.S. and several other countries, but not yet to China, Apple’s biggest market outside the U.S. This is because Chinese regulations require Apple to partner with a local company to develop any AI applications for consumer use. The Information reported earlier this week that Alibaba had been working with Apple on AI features, after the partnership with Baidu met with challenges. Alibaba Chairman Joe Tsai confirmed the partnership on Thursday while speaking at a conference in Dubai. Apple’s cooperation with both Baidu and Alibaba shows how the iPhone maker is hedging its bets by entering into non-exclusive agreements with more than one AI partner in China, an area where Apple faced increasing competition from local smartphone brands such as Huawei and Vivo. Apple Intelligence relies on a mix of Apple’s own AI models and a partnership with OpenAI, whose ChatGPT software is being used to handle more of the iPhone’s complex tasks. Apple has said that it hopes to offer AI models from other companies such as Google in the future.

Bobby

Apple may be dumping Baidu, and who they pick instead would be considered the #🇨🇳 ChinA.I. 🤖🧠🦾🤖 leader!
The absence of AI capabilities in the latest iPhones sold in China has become a major setback for Apple, as it faces declining market share in the world's biggest smartphone market.

https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/apple-talks-with-tencent-bytedance-roll-out-ai-features-china-sources-say-2024-12-19/?utm_campaign=%5BREBRAND%5D+%5BTI-AM%5D+Th&utm_content=1095&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cio&utm_term=124

Apple Hits Snags Adapting Baidu’s AI Models for China Users
• Apple has formally partnered with Baidu to launch Apple Intelligence in China in 2025
• Baidu is working to customize its AI models to handle common iPhone user requests
• Companies have clashed over use of iPhone user data to improve models

 #🇨🇳 ChinA.I. 🤖🧠🦾🤖 

https://www.theinformation.com/articles/apple-hits-snags-adapting-baidus-ai-models-for-china-users?utm_campaign=article_email&utm_content=article-14096&utm_medium=email&utm_source=sg&rc=gzsl71

Apple Hits Snags Adapting Baidu’s AI Models for China Users • Apple has formally partnered with Baidu to launch Apple Intelligence in China in 2025 • Baidu is working to customize its AI models to handle common iPhone user requests • Companies have clashed over use of iPhone user data to improve models   #🇨🇳 ChinA.I. 🤖🧠🦾🤖   https://www.theinformation.com/articles/apple-hits-snags-adapting-baidus-ai-models-for-china-users?utm_campaign=article_email&utm_content=article-14096&utm_medium=email&utm_source=sg&rc=gzsl71

Nate

Apple may be dumping Baidu, and who they pick instead would be considered the #🇨🇳 ChinA.I. 🤖🧠🦾🤖 leader! The absence of AI capabilities in the latest iPhones sold in China has become a major setback for Apple, as it faces declining market share in the world's biggest smartphone market.  https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/apple-talks-with-tencent-bytedance-roll-out-ai-features-china-sources-say-2024-12-19/?utm_campaign=%5BREBRAND%5D+%5BTI-AM%5D+Th&utm_content=1095&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cio&utm_term=124

Apple is in talks with Tencent and TikTok owner ByteDance about integrating their artificial intelligence models into iPhones sold in China, according to three sources familiar with the matter.

Apple in talks with Tencent, ByteDance to roll out AI features in China, sources say

Baidu CEO Robin Li compared the current AI frenzy to the dot-com bubble of the late 1990s, predicting that only 1% of AI companies will eventually stand out and become huge.  Would be funny if Baidu isn't part of that 1%

Todd Smith

A group of likeminded people in Artificial Intelligence are talking about this.