Neowin News Feed for: Baidu

New UK self-driving pilot could spark debate over "robot taxes"

Paul Hill — Mon, 22 Dec 2025 11:44:01 +0000

As autonomous fleets prepare to hit UK roads in 2026, concerns rise over the future of driver livelihoods and the potential need for a new robot tax. Read more...

Baidu launches ERNIE X1 Turbo and ERNIE 4.5 Turbo models with slashed prices

Aditya Tiwari — Fri, 25 Apr 2025 08:10:01 +0000

Baidu has dropped the upgraded versions of its ERNIE X1 and ERNIE 4.5 large language models with improved multimodal capabilities. Read more...

Baidu unveils ERNIE 4.5 and ERNIE X1, challenging foundation model landscape

Pradeep Viswanathan — Mon, 17 Mar 2025 03:08:01 +0000

Baidu has launched ERNIE 4.5 and ERNIE X1, two new foundation models. ERNIE 4.5 excels in multimodal understanding and is cost-effective. Read more...

China's Baidu is baking a new generative AI model for later this year, says report

Aditya Tiwari — Wed, 12 Feb 2025 07:00:01 +0000

A next-gen generative AI model from Chinese tech giant Biadu is expected to arrive in the second half of 2025. Read more...

Chinese tech giant Baidu launches Ernie 4.0 Turbo upgraded AI model

Aditya Tiwari — Fri, 28 Jun 2024 15:50:02 +0000

Chinese search engine giant Baidu has launched its new LLM called Ernie 4.0 Turbo. It's an upgraded version of the Ernie 4.0 model, which has existed since last year and was meant to rival GPT-4. Read more...

iPhones in China are likely to get Baidu's AI features

Karthik Mudaliar — Sat, 23 Mar 2024 07:18:01 +0000

After planning to bake Google's Gemini features on the iPhone, Apple is also in talks with China's Baidu to bring similar features to iPhones in China amid stringent AI compliance requirements. Read more...

Chinese internet giants go on a $5 billion Nvidia shopping spree to power their AI ambitions

Mehrotra A — Fri, 11 Aug 2023 03:10:02 +0000

Nvidia has reportedly received multiple orders from Chinese companies valued at around $5 billion for the purchase of the company's A800 processor to fuel their Artificial Intelligence models. Read more...

TikTok owner reportedly working on a ChatGPT rival chatbot "Grace" as it joins the AI race

Anushe Fawaz — Fri, 09 Jun 2023 13:28:01 +0000

Chinese tech giant ByteDance Ltd. is working on a ChatGPT-style chatbot. As suggested by a company spokesperson, it is the first sign of the Chinese company stepping into the field of AI. Read more...

Bing is now the number one desktop search engine in China thanks to AI

Omer Dursun — Mon, 22 May 2023 18:08:01 +0000

Microsoft Bing achieved a significant milestone by overtaking Baidu as the top desktop search engine in China. This showcases the importance of AI-driven innovations in the search engine market. Read more...

Chinese tech giant Baidu announces Ernie Bot, its ChatGPT-like chatbot

Aditya Tiwari — Thu, 16 Mar 2023 09:42:01 +0000

China's answer to ChatGPT is here and it's an AI-powered chatbot called Ernie Bot from Baidu. The company showcased its capabilities during a press event and hopes to create an ecosystem around it. Read more...

Are sci-fi novels becoming a reality with ChatGPT's prevalence?

Steve Bennett — Sat, 11 Feb 2023 13:00:01 +0000

Following the sudden wave of ChatGPT news, I can't help but think of how similar a lot of its features are to other AIs I have read about in various science-fiction novels over the years. Read more...

Chinese firm Alibaba to launch its own take on ChatGPT

Justin Luna — Thu, 09 Feb 2023 03:42:01 +0000

After companies like Microsoft, Google, and Baidu announced their take on the popular ChatGPT conversational chatbot, e-commerce giant Alibaba has announced its plans to develop their own AI tech. Read more...

Baidu to complete the testing of its ChatGPT rival in March

Justin Luna — Tue, 07 Feb 2023 05:52:01 +0000

Baidu recently confirmed that it is working on a ChatGPT-like tool which will be called "Ernie Bot." The product will be available as a standalone app and later integrated into Baidu's search engine. Read more...

Chinese search giant Baidu to launch own version of ChatGPT

Justin Luna — Mon, 30 Jan 2023 08:28:01 +0000

Chinese tech giant Baidu is working on its own version of the popular ChatGPT tool, according to a report. Baidu's own tool will reportedly be integrated into the company's main services. Read more...

Canalys: Baidu becomes the second-largest vendor in the smart speaker market during Q2

Paul Hill — Mon, 26 Aug 2019 16:00:01 +0000

The analyst firm, Canalys, has revealed that Baidu is the second-largest vendor of smart speakers, ahead of Google, but behind Amazon. The news is interesting as Baidu only sells speakers in China. Read more...

DO Global responds to Google's accusations about using fraudulent tactics in apps

Usama Jawad — Mon, 29 Apr 2019 15:14:01 +0000

After Google removed nearly 50 apps developed by Baidu-owned company, DO Global, a couple of days ago, the Chinese firm has published a public apology saying that it agrees with Google's decision. Read more...

Google removes 46 apps by the same developer from the Play Store

João Carrasqueira — Fri, 26 Apr 2019 18:30:01 +0000

Google has removed 46 apps from developer DO Global, a Chinese company partly owned by Baidu. An investigation had revealed that the company was using fraudulent ad tactics in its apps. Read more...

Baidu set to launch autonomous buses in China and Japan

Paul Hill — Wed, 04 Jul 2018 23:30:02 +0000

Baidu, China's Google, is set to launch a 14-seater bus in Chinese and Japanese cities. The Apolong was built by Baidu and bus-maker King Long and runs the open source Apollo software. Read more...

Baidu shows off smart speakers, one of which can dance to music

Gabriel Nunes — Sun, 19 Nov 2017 00:10:01 +0000

Baidu, better known for its search engine dominating the Chinese market, has announced two smart speakers this week. The Raven H and Raven R both have innovative designs with the latter able to dance. Read more...

Google's AI beats Bing and Siri in IQ test

Muhammad Jarir Kanji — Wed, 04 Oct 2017 07:58:02 +0000

An IQ test designed to test the artificial intelligence of search engines placed Google AI well above Bing and Siri, though its results are still only a little less than those of a six-year-old. Read more...

China Unicom raises $12 billion from private investors including Alibaba and Tencent

Paul Hill — Thu, 17 Aug 2017 09:28:01 +0000

China Unicom, has raised $12 billion by selling shares to the likes of Alibaba and Tencent, as part of an effort aimed at increasing mixed-ownership of state-run companies by the Communist Party. Read more...

Coursera co-founder, Andrew Ng, sets out to raise $150M for AI Fund

Paul Hill — Wed, 16 Aug 2017 18:42:02 +0000

Andrew Ng, formerly of Baidu and co-founder of Coursera, has filed with the SEC to set up 'AI Fund'. He hopes that the fund will raise $150 million in order to help AI startups get off the ground. Read more...

China's Cyberspace Administration put several social media platforms under investigation

Paul Hill — Fri, 11 Aug 2017 16:06:01 +0000

The Cyberspace Administration of China is now investigating three social media companies in the country after it accused them of hosting illicit content including violence, terrorism, and rumours. Read more...

Microsoft and Baidu team up to boost development of self-driving car technologies

Andy Weir — Tue, 18 Jul 2017 15:56:01 +0000

Microsoft and Baidu are working together "to take the technical development and adoption of autonomous driving worldwide", as part of the global Apollo alliance of over 50 companies. Read more...

Nvidia and Baidu announce broad partnership on AI, cloud services, and self-driving cars

Stergios Georgopoulos — Thu, 06 Jul 2017 14:16:01 +0000

Baidu will adopt Nvidia's Drive PX 2 autonomous vehicle platform and use next-generation Volta GPUs in its data centers. Nvidia's Shield TV will receive the Chinese company's DuerOS digital assistant. Read more...

Coursera co-founder, Andrew Ng, quits Baidu to launch AI startup

Paul Hill — Sun, 25 Jun 2017 23:24:01 +0000

Famous AI scientist, Andrew Ng, has announced his new startup this weekend. There aren't too many details just yet about deeplearning.ai but the official site suggests we could hear more in August. Read more...

7 Days: A week of Android things, Microsoft updates, and developers, developers, developers

Andy Weir — Sat, 11 Mar 2017 19:43:27 +0000

From Google conspiracies and Pixel problems, to Scorpio on the Store, Nintendo's Switch, Apple's new old iPhone, and the astonishing Nokia 3310, it's our handy walkthrough of the week's top tech news. Read more...

Deep Voice: Baidu takes Google's amazing voice-making AI and makes it even faster, better

Vlad Dudau — Thu, 09 Mar 2017 09:22:01 +0000

The Chinese search giant has built on DeepMind's Wavenet and created a version of the algorithm that can be trained in a matter of hours and perform faster than real-time human speech. Read more...

Former Microsoft executive Qi Lu joins Chinese search giant Baidu to boost its AI efforts

Andy Weir — Tue, 17 Jan 2017 10:04:01 +0000

After departing Microsoft last year, Qi Lu is now joining Chinese search giant Baidu as its Chief Operating Officer, overseeing its efforts to "become a world-class technology company leader in AI." Read more...

Microsoft is shutting down MSN China

Andy Weir — Tue, 10 May 2016 16:32:01 +0000

Microsoft is shutting down its MSN China web portal in June, but says it remains "deeply committed" to the country, offering Windows 10 and cloud services, and maintaining a major R&D center there. Read more...

Chinese search engine Baidu under scrutiny after student's death

Matthew Sims — Wed, 04 May 2016 06:20:02 +0000

The Chinese search engine giant, Baidu has come under fire after allegedly promoting an untested cancer treatment leading to a student's death. Authorities are currently investigating the matter. Read more...

Ford will test autonomous cars in California next year

Paul Hill — Wed, 16 Dec 2015 16:38:01 +0000

Ford has been given a permit to drive an autonomous version of a Ford Fusion on Californian roads. This will let Ford test in snow and heavy rain which autonomous vehicles have a hard time with. Read more...

Chinese President Xi Jinping visits Microsoft's Redmond campus

Matt Blowes — Thu, 24 Sep 2015 07:26:01 +0000

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella welcomes touring Chinese delegation to Redmond and focuses on developing new technologies and strengthened relationships with Chinese partners including Xiaomi and Baidu. Read more...

Baidu to become the default search engine for Edge on Windows 10 in China

Justin Luna — Thu, 24 Sep 2015 07:10:49 +0000

In a recent partnership between Microsoft and companies in China, Baidu, a Chinese search and services company, is set to become the default search engine and homepage on Microsoft's browser, Edge. Read more...

Baidu Antivirus 5.4.3.148966

Razvan Serea — Fri, 29 May 2015 19:36:01 +0000

Baidu Antivirus is a lightweight and hassle-free internet security application that scan files in real-time, gives online protection, anti-spyware and uses 0.1% of your system resources. Read more...

Baidu Cleaner 6.0.4.127882 Beta

Razvan Serea — Mon, 11 May 2015 21:02:01 +0000

Easy to use yet full-featured Windows maintenance and cleaning solution. Clean your computer from unneeded files, system junk and application leftovers. Read more...

Are these leaked images of the Lumia 1030, successor to the 1020?

Steven Parker — Sun, 30 Nov 2014 13:34:01 +0000

Images have shown up online showing off what appears to be the successor of the Lumia 1020, called RM-1052 the images show it from all angles with the inclusion of a camera 'hump'. Read more...

Microsoft loses top executive to Baidu

Orhon Can Dagtekin — Tue, 09 Sep 2014 10:20:02 +0000

In an attempt to compete with its rivals, Chinese search giant Baidu hired Zhanq Yaqin, Microsoft's ex-vice president and ex-chairman of the firm's Asia-Pacific research and development group. Read more...

Yandex becomes default WP8 search engine in Russia, Turkey

Paul Ferson — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 01:20:51 +0000

Russia and Turkey are receiving a different default engine to most WP8 handsets, with Yandex coming as standard on both. The partnership could help gain some control for Yandex within Turkey. Read more...

Bing targets English searches in China

Tyler Holman — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 18:53:14 +0000

Microsoft is betting on a new strategy to help Bing gain marketshare in China: targeting the 5% of searchers that use English, a small but very valuable niche in a market dominated by Baidu. Read more...