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An exhibit of an AI model for lunar sciences at a Big Data industry expo in Guiyang, southwest China’s Guizhou province. Photo: Xinhua

US chokehold on China’s AI progress ‘unlikely to succeed’: report

China’s robust academic advancement and state-backed funding have made the nation a major challenger to the US in AI, according to ITIF.

China’s robust academic advancement and state-backed funding have made the nation a major challenger to the US in AI, according to ITIF

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China’s new AI app stirs dreams of Iron Man’s virtual assistant becoming reality

US and Chinese tech giants team up on AI supply chain standard

Baidu rebrands flagship AI chatbot to stand out from rivals

The tech giant is leveraging its dominant position in the internet search market to gain an edge in the fast-growing Chinese AI sector.

The Baidu headquarters in Beijing. Photo: Reuters

Baidu-backed Jiyue fights for traction with second EV model launch

The company banks on autonomous-driving technology as it strives for a spot among the country’s top makers after lacklustre sales of its first model.

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Baidu blocks Google, Bing from scraping content amid demand for AI data

Wikipedia-style service Baidu Baike recently barred the search engine crawlers of Google and Bing from indexing its online content.

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Baidu posts flat quarterly revenue as sluggish economy slowed advertising

The Chinese internet search giant’s second-quarter revenue reached US$4.7 billion, a slight 0.4 per cent dip from a year ago.

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Signage at Baidu’s headquarters in Beijing. Photo: Bloomberg

TikTok owner ByteDance launches new video search tool

Douyin Search allows users to find content on the popular short video app in China, in the company’s fifth crack at making a search app.

Baidu, SenseTime lead China’s market for business-focused LLMs, says IDC

Chinese AI giants Baidu and SenseTime, along with start-up Zhipu, are the country’s biggest providers of business-facing LLM services, according to a new report from IDC.

Chinese Robotaxi start-up WeRide delays US IPO on paperwork delay

The postponement complicates WeRide’s listing plan, as Beijing’s approval for the deal is set to expire at the end of this week.

WeRide has postponed its listing on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange. Photo: Shutterstock

Opinion | Why Apple’s iPhone is losing its shine in China

Beyond geopolitics, the iPhone increasingly looks pricey and dull next to Chinese smartphones – and the iPhone 16 may not turn the tide.

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An Apple store in Beijing on February 2. Apple phones, once an undisputed status symbol in the eyes of Chinese youth, have seen a significant erosion of their market share in China. Photo: Bloomberg

ByteDance’s CapCut, Doubao top global AI app downloads, outpacing ChatGPT

CapCut, a popular video-editing app with GenAI features, recorded 38.42 million downloads in July, compared with 19.81 million downloads in the same period for ChatGPT.

Tech giants boost Hong Kong stocks as investors eye Fed’s Jackson Hole meet

The benchmark Hang Seng Index maintains positive momentum as traders brace earnings season in Hong Kong and Fed’s rate move.

Hong Kong’s video gaming sector to get a boost from growing adoption of GenAI

City stands to benefit as this development burnishes its credentials in AI-powered entertainment.

Hong Kong Financial Secretary Paul Chan said the government is “actively supporting digitainment development”. Photo: Handout

Biggest AI gains in China come from social, educational and office use: report

Tech giants are seeing the biggest gains from GenAI by integrating LLMs into apps and services that already had large user bases, according to QuestMobile.

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Artificial intelligence adoption is having an impact on hardware sales, as smartphone and PC makers look to AI-capable chips to help boost sales. Photo: Shutterstock

More than 600 million on mainland use LLMs amid boom in GenAI adoption: report

Cyberspace Administration of China director Zhuang Rongwen said generative AI services are currently ‘driving economic and societal growth’.

Xiaomi uses Google’s Gemini AI model on flagship smartphone for overseas markets

The Xiaomi 15-series Android smartphone will integrate Gemini for its release outside mainland China later this year.

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Baidu Maps reports brief service outage amid autonomous driving push

The map service operated by Baidu reported a brief service breakdown on Wednesday, causing disruptions to smart vehicle operations that use the app.

Baidu has reached a deal with Tesla to provide the US carmaker with mapping software for its electric vehicles. Photo: Handout

China’s chip imports surge as firms stockpile ahead of fresh US restrictions

Semiconductor imports totalled 308.1 billion units, worth about US$212 billion, in the first seven months of 2024, according to customs data.

Auto chip designer Black Sesame to raise up to US$143 million in Hong Kong IPO

Black Sesame’s listing initiative in Hong Kong would follow the successful initial public offering in June of Tencent Holdings-backed QuantumPharm.

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China opens all roads on island connecting Macau to self-driving cars

The Hengqin Cooperation Zone has approved the last batch of its 330km road network for testing self-driving cars amid a push for the tech in the Greater Bay Area.

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Baidu’s driverless robotaxi service Apollo Go seen on a road in Wuhan on February 24, 2023. Photo: Reuters

Autonomous driving unicorn WeRide files for US IPO amid expansion plans

WeRide is seeking to go public on the Nasdaq stock market, as it conducts trials and commercial operations in 30 cities across seven countries.

WeRide is only the company in its industry with autonomous driving permits in mainland China, the United States, the United Arab Emirates and Singapore. Photo: Handout

In Wuhan, driverless taxis offer a peek into the future of intracity transport

The city of Wuhan, capital of central Hubei province in China, is attracting attention for its aggressive roll-out of a robotaxi fleet, although not without controversy.

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AI giant iFlytek to invest HK$400 million in Hong Kong, opens new headquarters

Hong Kong is expected to serve as iFlytek’s launch pad to expand overseas, with a focus on the Middle East and Southeast Asia.

Samsung-ByteDance AI pact and Xiaomi heat up China’s foldable smartphone market

Major Android handset vendors are betting on foldable, artificial intelligence-powered models to compete with Apple ’s iPhone in the high-end segment of the smartphone market.

Samsung Electronics’ ByteDance AI-supported foldable handsets for China could potentially boost demand for its devices in the world’s largest smartphone market. Photo: EPA-EFE

Maths test stumps AI models: which number is bigger, 9.90 or 9.11?

Large language models are ‘bad at maths’ and can only predict answers based on training data, according to Zhejiang University researcher Wu Yiquan.

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Generative artificial intelligence technology does not inherently possess mathematical capabilities. Illustration: Shutterstock

Shenzhen plans autonomous bus fleet as China accelerates driverless vehicle tests

Shenzhen plans to have 20 driverless buses on the road by the end of 2024, which comes amid safety and job loss concerns over autonomous driving tech.

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Opinion | Uber vs taxis: Hong Kong is stuck in a debate from 10 years ago

The government must start reacting to new trends, such as the challenge of robotaxis and flying cars, or risk Hong Kong falling further behind.

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Baidu
百度
Baidu operates the largest and most widely used search engine in China. It also offers maps, translation and e-commerce and operates a music-streaming service and a mobile app market. Baidu owns a majority stake in iQIYI, dubbed China’s answer to Netflix. The company also invests heavily in autonomous driving and artificial intelligence.
Chairman / President
Robin Li
CFO / Finance Director
Rong Luo
Industry
Internet
Website
baidu.com
Headquarters address
Beijing, China
Stock Code
NASDAQ: BIDU
SEHK:9988
Year founded
2000
last updated:
27 August, 2024
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