News JVTech China is ready to compete with Google and Microsoft with its artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence has sparked a “war” between the American tech giants, but also between the world’s great powers. China has lagged behind so far, but the trend could finally reverse quickly.
Artificial intelligence has become the sinews of war
The arrival of ChatGPT sparked fierce competition between some of the world’s largest technology companies. Microsoft was quick to overhaul Bing with an OpenAI-based conversational chatbot, and Google has rushed to offer its own offering called Bard — although this has yet to be widely released. In China, it is clear that the technological future lies in artificial intelligence. And despite the fact that American trade restrictions are hampering the Asian country’s progress in this area, some players seem determined to do whatever it takes not to be left behind in this unrelenting race.
Baidu, sometimes called the “Chinese Google,” is one of them.. According to the Wall Street Journalthe largest moving company in China, is working around the clock to announce its internal response to ChatGPT as early as March 16th. Expectations for Ernie Bot’s presentation are very high (name of the future artificial intelligence) and the announcement of its launch will surely be one of the most anticipated events of the year in the country’s technology industry.
Ernie Bot is a rival to ChatGPT, but also a risky hopeful for China
From what we know so far Baidu’s proposal will have similarities to Microsoft’s. In fact, the Asian giant’s main goal is to renew its search engine with its future conversational bot. This will interact with users through natural language and, as the company explains (CNBC), “It will integrate a tremendous amount of data knowledge, giving it exceptional understanding and generation abilities.”.
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Baidu’s ambitions are enormous. To advance its latest technological bet, it has signed agreements with more than 400 companies to launch Ernie Bot, a strategic decision that also has another goal: Leverage user interaction to gain experience and improve operations in various areas. But the rush that is driving the Beijing company can also have negative consequences. According to WSJ, teams are working against the clock to get the AI-powered bot ready on time. The company even took drastic internal organizational measures and reallocated resources from other areas to meet deadlines.
Other Baidu departments, like the one responsible for developing AI-based autonomous driving systems, have had to lend their equipment to train the language model that will bring Ernie Bot to life. Among the coveted materials were the NVIDIA A100 socketwhose export to the Asian country was recently banned by the USA. The truth is that rumors that this technology (Ernie Bot) is not yet ready for general release quickly surfaced.and with the approach of the long-awaited event, fears of a possible bankruptcy of the company led to a 4% drop in Baidu shares …
