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Baidu, Inc. is a Chinese multinational technology company specializing in Internet-related services and products and artificial intelligence (AI), headquartered in Beijing's Haidian District. It is one of the largest AI and internet companies in the world. The holding company of the group is incorporated in the Cayman Islands. Baidu was incorporated in January 2000 by Robin Li and Eric Xu. The Baidu search engine is currently the fourth largest website in the Alexa Internet rankings. Baidu has origins in RankDex, an earlier search engine developed by Robin Li in 1996, before he founded Baidu in 2000.

Baidu’s Pre-training Model ERNIE Achieves New NLP Benchmark Record

“With natural language processing widely being adopted across a growing number of use cases from search engines to mobile smart assistants, leading pre-training language models like Baidu’s ERNIE (Enhanced Representation through kNowledge IntEgration) are receiving strong attention within the …

Baidu and Samsung Electronics Ready for Production of Leading-Edge AI Chip for Early Next Year

“Designed based on Samsung’s 14nm process and I-Cube TM package technology, Baidu KUNLUN chip to expand AI ecosystem and transform the user experience Baidu, a leading Chinese-language Internet search provider, and Samsung Electronics, a world leader in advanced semiconductor …

Baidu Taps Unity’s Game Engine To Test Its Self-driving Cars

“Unity, the same company whose 3D gaming engine brought you _Cuphead and Hearthstone is now helping Chinese internet giant Baidu develop the next generation of autonomous vehicles, the two companies announced on Tuesday._ The collaboration is part of Baidu …

Analog Devices to partner with Baidu on autonomous driving project

“U.S. chipmaker Analog Devices Inc said on Tuesday it had partnered with Baidu Inc to advance development of the Chinese search engine giant’s autonomous driving technologies. Analog Devices and Baidu will jointly develop sensing and navigation applications such …

Qualcomm and Baidu PaddlePaddle Work Together on Exploring On-Device AI Applications

“Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM), and Baidu, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU) announced they will work together to use the Qualcomm® Artificial Intelligence (AI) Engine to drive conversion and application of Baidu PaddlePaddle open-source deep learning framework …

Baidu debuts Apollo 2.0, its latest open self-driving platform

“China’s Baidu revealed a major update to its Apollo autonomous driving platform at CES 2018 today, including support for new computing platforms, new reference vehicles, more HD mapping services available on a global scale and other updates. Most notably …

Baidu to launch self-driving car technology in July

“Baidu Inc (BIDU.O) said on Tuesday it would launch its self-driving car technology for restricted environment in July before gradually introducing fully autonomous driving capabilities on highways and open city roads by 2020. The project is named Apollo after …

Baidu’s Artificial Intelligence Lab Unveils Synthetic Speech System

“In the battle to apply deep-learning techniques to the real world, one company stands head and shoulders above the competition. Google’s DeepMind subsidiary has used the technique to create machines that can beat humans at video games and the …

Baidu open sources its deep learning platform PaddlePaddle

“Taking a cue from some of its U.S. peers like Google, Chinese Internet search giant Baidu has decided to open source its deep learning platform. The company claims that the platform, code-named PaddlePaddle after PArallel Distributed Deep LEarning, will …

Baidu’s Robot Car Marks Self-Driving Milestone in Beijing

“China’s answer to Google’s self-driving car has set its own record on the roads of Beijing. The Baidu robot car became the first Chinese vehicle to complete a fully autonomous drive under a variety of road conditions that …