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Apple CEO Says Vision Pro Coming to China This Year

March 25, 2024
Apple Vision Pro headset
Report: Apple Considers Adding Baidu’s GenAI to Devices in China
Artificial Intelligence // March 22, 2024

Apple is reportedly in preliminary talks with Chinese tech giant Baidu, exploring a potential partnership to use Baidu’s generative artificial intelligence technology for Apple devices in China. The move is part of Apple’s ongoing strategy to enhance its AI capabilities and navigate China’s stringent regulatory landscape, The Wall Street...

Baidu’s Ernie Chatbot Reaches 100 Million Users
artificial intelligence // December 28, 2023

Baidu’s Ernie artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot has reportedly amassed 100 million-plus users. The Chinese internet company announced that milestone at a Thursday (Dec. 28) deep learning summit in Beijing, Reuters reported. Baidu launched Ernie in August after the Chinese government gave some tech companies the go-ahead to release...

Chinese AI Unicorn 01.AI Claims to Rival Meta’s Llama 2
artificial intelligence // November 06, 2023

Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) startup 01.AI has reportedly reached unicorn status less than eight months after launching. The company, founded by computer scientist and Google/Microsoft veteran Kai-Fu Lee, was valued at more than $1 billion on the strength of its open-source artificial intelligence (AI) model, Bloomberg News reported Monday (Nov....

Tencent Unveils ‘Hunyuan’ As Chinese Tech Firms Jump on AI Train
artificial intelligence // September 07, 2023

Tencent Holdings is the latest Chinese tech giant to launch an artificial intelligence (AI) model. That’s according to Dowson Tong, CEO of the cloud and smart industries group, who spoke with CNBC ahead of the launch of the company’s “Hunyuan” model at a summit Thursday (Sept. 5). ...

Interviews & Exclusives
Baidu: AI Exceeds Human Natural Language Comprehension And Open Source Could Make It Even Better

March 18, 2020
Every consumer has gone through at least one iteration in their commercial life of the clunky, junky product search. It starts with a basic idea of what one is looking for — but nothing as specific as say a SKU — entered into a search bar. From there, it is picking through returns for the […]

The Chinese Consumer On The International Commerce Stage

August 24, 2017
In late July, PayPal and Baidu captured the world’s attention when they inked a strategic partnership that gives Baidu’s 100 million or so mobile wallet users access to PayPal’s 17...

Quick Reads
Apple CEO Says Vision Pro Coming to China This Year

March 25, 2024
Apple’s Vision Pro headset is reportedly coming to the Chinese market later this year. CEO Tim Cook confirmed that the mixed reality device will launch in China this year during an interview with state media, CNBC reported Monday (March 25). Cook has been in China to launch the company’s latest Apple Store, but to also recommit to the country’s market […]

Report: Apple Considers Adding Baidu’s GenAI to Devices in China

March 22, 2024
Apple is reportedly in preliminary talks with Chinese tech giant Baidu, exploring a potential partnership to use Baidu’s generative artificial intelligence technology for Apple devices in China. The move is part of...

Baidu’s Ernie Chatbot Reaches 100 Million Users

December 28, 2023
Baidu’s Ernie artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot has reportedly amassed 100 million-plus users. The Chinese internet company announced that milestone at a Thursday (Dec. 28) deep learning summit in Beijing, Reuters reported. Baidu...

Chinese AI Unicorn 01.AI Claims to Rival Meta’s Llama 2

November 06, 2023
Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) startup 01.AI has reportedly reached unicorn status less than eight months after launching. The company, founded by computer scientist and Google/Microsoft veteran Kai-Fu Lee, was valued at more than...