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Baidu expands with 2026 robotaxi launch in Europe

Baidu is set to roll out its autonomous robotaxis in Europe starting 2026 through a new partnership with United States ride-hailing company Lyft, marking a major step in the Chinese tech giant’s global expansion plans for self-driving vehicles. The initial deployment will begin in the United Kingdom and Germany, with both companies targeting a fleet […]

Baidu unveils AI video generator, revamps search engine
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Baidu unveils AI video generator, revamps search engine

Chinese tech giant Baidu on Wednesday unveiled a new AI-powered video generation tool for businesses, alongside a significant upgrade to its core search engine. The new model, named MuseSteamer, can generate videos of up to 10 seconds from images and is available in three versions—Turbo, Pro, and Lite. Unlike other AI video tools such as […]

Baidu denies data breach allegations after exec's daughter's leak
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Baidu denies data breach allegations after exec’s daughter’s leak

Chinese tech giant Baidu has denied allegations of an internal data breach following a controversy involving the teenage daughter of a top executive, who was accused of leaking personal information of internet users online. The company, one of China’s largest cloud service providers, came under scrutiny last week after online users alleged that the daughter […]

Baidu unveils AI video generator, revamps search engine
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Baidu unveils new models amid intensifying AI war

China’s Baidu announced on Sunday the launch of two new artificial intelligence models, including a reasoning-focused model designed to rival DeepSeek’s offerings, as the company strives to distinguish itself in an increasingly competitive AI sector. Chinese AI startup DeepSeek has disrupted the industry with AI models it claims can match or surpass leading U.S. models […]

Baidu denies data breach allegations after exec's daughter's leak
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China’s Baidu unveils free AI model to challenge DeepSeek

China’s Baidu released a new AI reasoning model on Sunday, and made its AI chatbot services free, signaling intensifying competition in China’s AI sector. This move follows the disruptive entry of start-up DeepSeek in January, which surprised major players with its open-source, cost-effective model. Chinese tech firms are now racing to upgrade their AI platforms […]

Alibaba Cloud expands with data centres in Malaysia, Philippines
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Chinese tech giants slash prices of AI language models

Chinese tech giants Alibaba and Baidu engaged in a price war on Tuesday, slashing prices on large-language models used in generative artificial intelligence products, intensifying competition in China’s cloud computing sector. Alibaba’s cloud division announced significant price reductions of up to 97% on its Tongyi Qwen LLMs. For example, its Qwen-Long model, previously priced at […]

Baidu unveils AI video generator, revamps search engine
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Baidu partners Lenovo to make AI smartphones

In an effort to find useful uses for its artificial intelligence model, China’s Baidu has teamed up with Lenovo to integrate its generative AI technology into Lenovo devices. This is the company’s most recent partnership with a phone maker. Lenovo will use its Ernie big language model in the agreement, which is similar to the […]

Baidu denies data breach allegations after exec's daughter's leak
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Baidu AI bot hits 100m users

More than 100 million people have signed up for Baidu’s ChatGPT-like Ernie Bot, according to Wang Haifeng, the Chinese internet giant’s chief technology officer, announced on Thursday. The search engine giant revealed the user base milestone during a deep learning summit in Beijing, following the public launch of Ernie Bot in August. A partial debut […]

Chinese tech giants secure $5bn worth of Nvidia chip orders
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Chinese tech giants secure $5bn worth of Nvidia chip orders

China’s leading internet giants are swiftly securing high-performance Nvidia chips crucial for developing generative artificial intelligence systems. Orders totaling $5 billion have been placed for these chips, as reported by the Financial Times on Wednesday. Companies such as Baidu, ByteDance (owner of TikTok), Tencent, and Alibaba have collectively made orders amounting to $1 billion to […]