INSIDE BAIDU’S BID TO LEAD THE AI REVOLUTION - JESSI HEMPEL
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- "To ascend to future dominance, Baidu needs to find a new way
to grow—and fast. Fortunately, the world has provided Li with just such an
opportunity: “the era of artificial intelligence,” he tells me. Li is betting
Baidu’s future on the promise that he can own the future of artificial
intelligence, in Asia and beyond.
- Like America’s Big Five, Baidu has substantial computing
brawn, a suite of AI-powered services called Baidu Brain, and a fast-improving
voice assistant platform called DuerOS.
- Baidu’s biggest advantage is one of place and time. Li is
introducing his strategy within a culture that has few ethical hang-ups around
AI development. In the West, where people are concerned about the biases with
which we program our algorithms and the speed at which they’ll disrupt
traditional career paths, new technology emerges more slowly. In China, it’s
the reverse: There’s public pressure for companies to move as fast as possible.
In July, the Chinese government issued a development plan that aims to make it
the world leader in AI by 2030."
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