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Li Yanhong's recent movements are inseparable from a highly anticipated AI product - "Wen Xin Yiyan". At 2 p.m. today, Li Yanhong appeared on time at the press conference of "Wen Xin Yiyan" in a white shirt, white belt and black pants.
Li Yanhong has always given the impression of being handsome, elegant and confident, but today he seems to be a little nervous.
A question was raised: why did you choose to publish "Wen Xin Yiyan" at this time? Is Baidu ready?
Li did not directly answer this question, but said from the side that Baidu is the first large company in the world to release products that compete with ChatGPT and GPT-4. He also insisted that even during his own closed beta process, "Wen Xin's words" could not be considered very perfect, but the choice to release at this moment was mainly due to market demand.
However, the "Wen Xin Yi Word" display at the press conference did not meet the expectations of the outside world.
There was no live demo, just a pre-recorded demo video. The original expectation of the "Wen Xin Yiyan" opening to the outside world has not been fulfilled, the first batch of users will not be able to experience on the official website through the invitation test code until March 16, and more users need to wait for the subsequent opening.
It can be said that this launch will be somewhat disappointing. There are no shocking live dialogue scenes, no PK with ChatGPT, and no AI initiative that can change the world. The capital market also responded at this moment by diving in stock prices.
But in any case, Baidu had to launch "Wen Xin Yiyan", because in front of ChatGPT, Li Yanhong had no way back. Baidu's once boastful AI lead is clearly no longer available after ChatGPT has rushed into the mainstream field of vision so quickly.
No amount of technical investment, no amount of technology accumulation, no amount of high-profile publicity, it is difficult to resist the direct impact of ChatGPT, a killer application for investors and the public.
Li Yanhong knows the truth.
This is also the reason why Baidu is eager to launch "Wen Xin Yiyan", whether it is to show Baidu's confidence in the field of AI to the outside world, or the top-down pressure within the company, which has prompted Baidu to face the battle with a back-to-back battle.
However, it is disturbing that the day before the release of "Wen Xin Yiyan", OpenAI launched GPT-4. The previous ChatGPT was developed based on the GPT-3.5 architecture, while GPT-4 is a new generation upgrade.
GPT-4 has significantly improved text input caps, answer accuracy, and generating diverse styles of content, as well as powerful image recognition capabilities.
This means that Baidu's "Wen Xin Yiyan" has not yet been launched, and it has once again lagged behind OpenAI. The time window may not be friendly for a technology-driven product, but Baidu has had to deal with the challenge.
Baidu has been flaunting the strength of "Wen Xin Yiyan" in advance.
Since the beginning of the year, Baidu has announced that it is developing generative AI products comparable to ChatGPT, and Robin Li has frequently created momentum for it. He claimed that Baidu's model can be identified as the most advanced Chinese language model, emphasizing that the technical strength of "Wen Xin Yiyan" is beyond the reach of other companies.
In addition, Baidu also actively wooed partners, and released a preview on February 28, announcing that "Wen Xin Yiyan" will meet on March 16.
Baidu has always been full of confidence and self-confidence, but now there is no way back.