China AI chip market finds expansion paths despite US export restrictions

The Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) chip market has been subject to ongoing export restrictions which imposed by the United States from October 2022, which prohibited the sale of certain U.S. products to China. The U.S. initially blocked the export of the highest level of chips p ...

Baidu unveils Ernie 4.0 AI system, says overall performance ‘on par with ChatGPT’

Baidu, one of China’s largest technology companies, released version 4.0 of its popular “Ernie” artificial intelligence (AI) large language model (LLM) chatbot.According to an English language translation provided by Baidu, embedded in an X post alongside the usual Google ...

Chinese tech-giant CEO says over 70 AI models have been released in China

The CEO of Chinese tech company Baidu, Robin Li, said on Sep. 5 that more than 70 artificial intelligence (AI) models have been released in the country, according to a report from Reuters. Li commented that the over 70 AI language models that have been released were created with over ...

China’s Baidu and other tech companies release ChatGPT-like AI chatbots

Four China-based tech companies launched their own artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots on Aug. 30 for public use after receiving approval from the Chinese government. Baidu, Baichuan Intelligent Technology, SenseTime and Zhipu AI all launched their chatbots less than two weeks after ...

Baidu Shifts Focus from Meta-Universe to AI, Abandoning Virtual Reality Development

Chinese search company Baidu has shifted its focus from the meta-universe to artificial intelligence because of the hype surrounding ChatGPT Chinese search giant Baidu has changed its mind about investing in the meta universe and is now focusing on artificial intelligence (AI). Local newspaper ...