The unfortunate truth for Baidu: it was also a case of bad timing. With GPT-4's release just two days earlier, OpenAI's latest model overshadowed and outmaneuvered Ernie Bot's performance.
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ChatBot Demo Videos Raise Questions About Actual Capabilities
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Li instead presented a series of pre-recorded videos, showing the chatbot answering q's about Chinese literature, solving math problems, and generating images & videos. The otherwise impressive display was undermined by viewers wondering whether they were real capabilities.
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Baidu’s ChatGPT Rival Ernie Bot Announced Without Live Demo
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After months of anticipation, Baidu CEO Robin Li today sought to wow an audience with China's first ChatGPT contender. There was only one thing missing: a live demo of Ernie Bot itself. w/ @Kubota_Yoko & @raffaelehuang
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Microsoft’s AI Rush Leads to Sloppy Execution and Patches
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But this rush has already led to some sloppy execution on Microsoft's part, which has led it to retroactively patch up Bing's performance based on some predictable gaffes. In Baidu's case, we'll have to wait and see whether it gets its act together.
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AI Companies Finally Ready to Showcase Their Generative AI Investments
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After years of heavy investment in the underpinnings of generative AI, they finally have a chance to recapture the spotlight and prove what they're made of. You can even hear the same giddiness in Satya Nadella's and Robin Li's voices when they talk.
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Baidu and Microsoft: Lost Innovators Racing to Catch Up
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What I find really interesting is how much Baidu's story parallels Microsoft's. Both were once golden children of their respective tech industries and then lost their shine as leading innovators. Both are now tripping over themselves to capitalize on this moment.
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Ernie Bot Launch Concerns Prompt Employee Stock Sales
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But the time crunch has left some employees uneasy about whether Ernie Bot will meet user or market expectations. Some said they've sold some company stock ahead of the launch because of those concerns.
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Project scope reduced from bilingual to Chinese-focused chatbot
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The scope of the project has also been scaled back from developing a bilingual chatbot capable of English & Chinese to one primarily focused on Chinese, employees said.
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Baidu CEO mobilizes company resources for AI acceleration
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In an effort to accelerate progress, Baidu CEO Robin Li asked teams across the company to lend their most powerful computer chips, Nvidia A100s, to the development team. Employees have also been pulled to help with various tasks, such as cleaning up the training data.
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Baidu’s ChatGPT Equivalent Faces Training Challenges Before Launch
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Baidu is set to debut China's first ChatGPT equivalent in a week, in a highly anticipated Chinese tech event of the year. So @raffaelehuang & I asked employees how it's going. They said the chatbot is still training & struggling to perform basic functions.