Baidu builds AI into cars so you can distract the kids with text-to-image tools Drawing flying pandas is useful. But Chinese web giant isn't saying how AI on wheels is practical AI + ML03 Aug 2023 | 9
Baidu boss says good luck talking AI to Beijing if you don't understand censorship Unlike AI's output, the web giant's profits are not hallucinatory AI + ML18 May 2023 | 5
Baidu sues Apple and anyone else in sight over ERNIE chatbot fakes Someone in China upset its tech was ripped off? The irony AI + ML10 Apr 2023 | 22
Baidu's AI chatbot ducks out of public demo Please, let's not go all Skynet on this: Baidu has previously said ERNIE just isn't that impressive up close AI + ML29 Mar 2023 | 5
Chinese web giant Baidu backs RISC-V for the datacenter Gee, why could that be? Nah, not that. AI contender might just want better SmartNICs On-Prem27 Mar 2023 | 6
Baidu's ERNIE chatbot has nothing to say about Xi Jinping Bot also botches some requests, but is about to be baked into cloud services anyway AI + ML21 Mar 2023 | 3
China’s Baidu claims its ERNIE chatbot reinvents the computing stack We're headed for models-as-a-service, apparently, and the OS doesn't matter AI + ML16 Mar 2023 | 16
China cuts off two chatbots: A local effort that flopped, and ChatGPT Meanwhile Baidu plans to add its Ernie generative AI to search in March AI + ML23 Feb 2023 | 2
AI giant Baidu shrugs off US chip export restrictions as having 'little impact' Says sanctions could even accelerate China's drive for silicon self-sufficiency AI + ML24 Nov 2022 | 9
China's Baidu enters quantum computing chat with Qian Shi system A small but functional quantum system accelerating science, not search Science25 Aug 2022 | 2
China allows robo taxis – without backup drivers – in parts of two major cities Baidu gets the fare in Chongqing and Wuhan AI + ML08 Aug 2022 | 22
Baidu crashes the cost of robo-taxis by 75 percent Steering wheel not required, if desired – or you could add a coffee machine AI + ML21 Jul 2022 | 29
China moves to protect offshore tech company listings Unusual move sees regulator open consultation on access to audit documents Legal04 Apr 2022 | 3
Baidu added to list of Chinese companies facing US stock exchange delisting Vid-streamer iQIYI also earns a place SaaS31 Mar 2022 |
Driverless car first: Chinese biz recalls faulty AI Pony.ai pulls three of its test fleet from Californian roads AI + ML10 Mar 2022 | 28
Baidu plans 100-city robot taxi rollout by 2030 AI cloud business booms, but not at levels – or in locations – that will worry rivals AI + ML02 Mar 2022 | 1
Baidu's AI predictions for 2022: Autonomous driving! Quantum computing! Space! Human-machine symbiosis! Did a computer program tell them to write this? AI + ML25 Jan 2022 | 5
Baidu unveils AI chip to go in its fancy-pants robocar – and anywhere else someone may want to use it Second-gen silicon to be more accessible for devs and applications AI + ML19 Aug 2021 | 3
China stops networked vehicle data going offshore under new infosec rules Hands-off driving detectors required, over-the-air updates to be strictly regulated Security13 Aug 2021 | 34
Chinese web giant Baidu unveils Level 4 robo-taxi that costs $75k to make Plans to roll 1,000 of 'em off the production line in three years AI + ML18 Jun 2021 | 12
Robo-taxis hit the streets of Beijing – albeit a small fleet in a geo-fenced suburb Code for the Baidu Apollo brains of the service is yours for the taking on GitHub, too AI + ML06 May 2021 | 9
A keyboard? How quaint: Logitech and Baidu link arms to make an AI-enabled, voice-transcribing mouse Dictates 3 languages, translates into 6, available only in China AI + ML14 Apr 2021 | 30
China's clouds boom but they're collectively earning less than Azure alone Alibaba in front with Huawei and Tencent on a second tier PaaS + IaaS27 Nov 2020 | 8
Google binned two apps by China’s Baidu, which says researchers got it wrong by linking it to personal info leaks UPDATED Palo Alto Networks spotted subscriber IDs and MAC addresses on the move Applications25 Nov 2020 | 15
Baidu cloud catches up by offloading cloudy networking and storage to SmartNICs Also claims database breakthroughs with home-brewed MySQL-compatible code SaaS26 Aug 2020 |
Taiwan turfs out video streamers run by China’s web giants On regulatory grounds, but it’s hard not to chalk this up as more anti-China action Personal Tech20 Aug 2020 | 12
Donald Trump thought-bubbles an Alibaba ban as Chinese clouds clam up about Clean Cloud plan President says ‘other’ Chinese companies could feel the ban-hammer SaaS17 Aug 2020 | 41
India bans 59 apps it says have privacy, national security problems. In a massive coincidence, they’re all Chinese They may have a point with some of them, though Applications29 Jun 2020 | 19
Google flings $25m at Social Good AI contest, Baidu's whips up neural-net camera to treat eye diseases, and more Roundup OpenAI builds curious bots and Nvidia's on the lookout for fresh ML talent AI + ML03 Nov 2018 | 6
Linguists, update your resumes because Baidu thinks it has cracked fast AI translation Let's hope this doesn't accidentally kick off a war AI + ML24 Oct 2018 | 43
US military chucks $2bn at AI, Google touts machine-learning data search, and more Roundup The AI stories you may have missed this week AI + ML08 Sep 2018 | 12
An AI a day keeps the doctor away... Neural net software gets better at clocking cancer tumors Unclear if Baidu's tech really is better than a human medic AI + ML20 Jun 2018 | 5
Who wanted a future in which AI can copy your voice and say things you never uttered? Who?! Don't worry, this technology isn't very convincing... er, yet AI + ML22 Feb 2018 | 115
Baidu puts open source deep learning into smartphones Computer vision, deep learning, and the camera in your phone AI + ML26 Sep 2017 | 4
Baidu-backed fund has a billion quid for 100 self-driving projects China's Google also updated its open-source autonomous vehicle software Science21 Sep 2017 |
Microsoft offers cloud to Baidu, gets autonomous car in return Self-driving project could be a smart move by Redmond Science06 Jul 2017 | 11
China's Baidu, GPU monster Nvidia cuddle up at Beijing dev bash Robo-ride car tech will use Drive PX 2 hardware, plus other bits from the conference AI + ML05 Jul 2017 |
Q. Why is Baidu sharing its secret self-driving sauce? A. To help China corner the market Analysis Web giant wants to accelerate collaboration amid Western competition AI + ML21 Apr 2017 | 11
Baidu teaches AI 'baby' bots English by ordering them around a maze First step in developing family robots with general intelligence AI + ML05 Apr 2017 | 8
Baidu peddles PaddlesPaddles, floats open source AI tech Deep learning suite with Python front end AI + ML02 Sep 2016 | 1
Baidu tech chief: AI smart enough to take our jobs, not our lives. Yet ISC (RotM) Humanity about to swap tedium of work, for tedium of idleness AI + ML20 Jun 2016 | 10
Snake oil ads land China's top search engine in trouble Chinese regulators want Baidu to stop advertising quacks' one weird trick Legal03 May 2016 | 9
Browser made by China's top search engine leaks almost everything Hide our snooping? Why bother asks China's Google clone Security24 Feb 2016 | 11
China's Google clone Baidu also open-sources its AI blueprints Joins Google and Facebook in trying to grab market share AI + ML14 Jan 2016 |
Sino the times, as Microsoft makes Baidu default search engine in China Yusuf Mehdi: We’re still ‘deeply committed’ to Bing. Mmmmm OSes24 Sep 2015 | 15
Baidu, Google, Microsoft and Qualcomm join to invest in CloudFlare Happy to take the money, but what's in it for the Big Boys? On-Prem23 Sep 2015 | 3
Bad Baidu boffin boss banished for bypassing bot body's bylaws Chinese biz fires team leader after competition banishment HPC12 Jun 2015 | 3
You've been a Baidu boy! Tech giant caught cheating on AI tests Looks like they may need to start developing some non-artificial integrity On-Prem05 Jun 2015 | 3
AI pioneer reckons China's where the Rise of the Machines will start ‘More willingness to challenge basic assumptions’ Personal Tech19 May 2015 | 26
Uber and car makers jockey for Nokia's 'HERE' maps – report Who needs Google when you can have your own maps? On-Prem08 May 2015 | 24
Like working at IBM? Let Big Blue do the matchmaking And, er, don't use those nasty apps On-Prem13 Feb 2015 | 8
Chinese search engine Baidu to peddle SmartBike At least it's not another smartwatch Personal Tech28 Nov 2014 | 4
Google is tech industry and world's most valuable brand as Apple rots Sony drops from top 100 as Chinese web brands surge up the charts Channel21 May 2014 | 20
Baidu poaches Google Brain inventor for Silicon Valley AI project Andrew Ng is hot property for Chinese search giant On-Prem16 May 2014 | 1
Judge rules Baidu political censorship was an editorial right Search engine results get freedom of speech protection in the US Legal28 Mar 2014 | 42
Google encrypts Chinese search requests to subvert Great Firewall Not that it has many users on the Middle Kingdom's mainland Security14 Mar 2014 | 7
Chinese web firms sue search giant Baidu for video piracy Updated But MPAA NOT joining copyright violations claim Legal13 Nov 2013 | 1
Google plonks down cash for Foxconn's head-mounted display patents 'Our Glass division will have those, thank you' Personal Tech23 Aug 2013 | 20
China's Baidu builds new type of App Store 'Light App' framework loads web apps onto smartmobes Devops23 Aug 2013 | 5
Baidu shells out $1.9bn for Android app distie in 'China's biggest IT deal' 'Backup' app store augments Chinese search engine's existing fandroid funhouse Applications14 Aug 2013 | 3
Chinese search giant Baidu blows $1.9 BEELION on app store Acquisition will buy it a ready-made audience of mobile downloaders On-Prem17 Jul 2013 | 1
US judge revives lawsuit vs Baidu and China Pro-democracy group allowed to throw censorship sueball Legal11 Jun 2013 | 14