Baidu, China's largest search engine, plans to launch a new artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot service.
It's impressive that this service is similar to his ChatGPT on OpenAI, which he plans to launch in March of this year. The name of the new tool has yet to be announced, according to a Bloomberg report. This AI will also be incorporated into Baidu's main search service. The new AI will reportedly get the same conversational style search results as OpenAI's popular platform. If the launch schedule is met, Baidu could beat Google in the next big AI launch.
The report suggests that Baidu will use a large-scale machine learning model, the Arnie System, to train its AI. AI uses years of data to develop skills similar to ChatGPT.
Baidu is one of China's most famous internet companies, competing with companies such as Tecent, Alibaba and ByteDance. The launch of an AI-powered search engine gives the company a head start in one of the fastest growing areas in the tech industry. OpenAI's ChatGPT paved a new path for AI after its general availability last November. Chatbots take a conversational approach, making them almost human-like when it comes to replying. AI took the internet by storm after answering complex questions about facts and figures, emotions and philosophy. ChatGPT has over 1 million registered users within days of its public launch.
Chatbots are making headlines because they can pass professional-level, complex tests made for humans with relative ease. ChatGPT not only releases tests for lawyers and business owners, but also tests for medical professionals. With its ability to mimic human reactions in a matter of seconds, educational institutions struggle to set guidelines on how to use her AI and students. Top French university bans students from using ChatGPT. Big Tech also wants to be part of the AI revolution. Microsoft has already committed billions of dollars in investments in this area. Enterprises want more realistic applications. Before ChatGPT was introduced, Google Search and Google Assistant were considered the best and narrowest forms of AI assistants. But ChatGPT turned the tables.
Sensing the ChatGPT heat, Google pledged to invest in 20 of his AI projects, but the company is cutting back on spending. The search giant laid off his 12,000 employees earlier this month to prevent things from getting worse.
