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Baidu Shen Shake: The application of large models has entered an explosive period
An efficient toolchain platform is essential
On July 19, the 2024 China Unicom Partner Conference was held in Shanghai. Shen Dou, Executive Vice President of Baidu Group and President of Baidu Intelligent Cloud Business Group, was invited to attend the conference and delivered a keynote speech on "Deeply Embracing Artificial Intelligence + and Accelerating the Development of New Quality Productivity".
Shen Dou said that the underlying computing power continues to be tight, and one cloud and multiple cores will become an inevitable choice for Chinese enterprises. Baidu Intelligent Cloud will open up platform-level capabilities such as Baige computing power platform to more enterprises and share the freedom of "chip choice". Not only that, as the application of large models has entered an explosive period, the Qianfan tool chain platform developed based on the Wenxin large model has also greatly reduced the technical threshold and use cost of large models.
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Baidu passed the H5 face recognition security capability assessment of the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology
In May 2024, the Institute of Artificial Intelligence of the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT) relied on the Security Governance Committee (AIIA) of the Chinese Artificial Intelligence Industry Development Alliance, the "Trusted Face Application Guardian Program" and representatives of a number of enterprises to jointly carry out the compilation of the "H5 Face Recognition Online Identity Authentication Security Capability Requirements and Evaluation Methods", and launched the first round of "H5 Face Recognition Security Capability Evaluation" based on this method. On July 10, Baidu's H5 real-time liveness detection product completed the verification of relevant standards, becoming the first batch of enterprises to pass the H5 face recognition security capability evaluation of the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology.
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Baidu Intelligent Cloud Qianfan Large Model (Qingyang) Empowerment Innovation Center was unveiled
On July 18, Baidu Intelligent Cloud and Qingyang City, Gansu Province signed a project agreement on Baidu Intelligent Cloud Qianfan Large Model (Qingyang) Empowerment Innovation Center, and the Thousand Sail Large Model (Qingyang) Empowerment Innovation Center was officially unveiled.
Zhou Jijun, Deputy Secretary of the Qingyang Municipal Party Committee and Mayor, and Yuan Foyu, Vice President of Baidu Group, unveiled the Baidu Intelligent Cloud Qianfan Model (Qingyang) Empowerment Innovation Center. Zhang Pingzong, Deputy Mayor of Qingyang Municipal Government, and Shen Pengfei, Deputy General Manager of Baidu Intelligent Cloud China, signed the project agreement on behalf of both parties. Mao Wandong, Deputy Mayor of Qingyang Municipal Government and Director of the Municipal Public Security Bureau, Liu Xuanming, Secretary-General of the Municipal Government, Li Xiaojun, Deputy Secretary-General of the Municipal Government and Director of the Office, Hu Zhihong, Deputy Secretary-General of the Municipal Government, and other relevant persons in charge of Qingyang City and Baidu Intelligent Cloud, as well as the heads of 45 Baidu Intelligent Cloud Ecological Partner Enterprises and listed companies participated in the signing and unveiling ceremony.
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Baidu AICA starts classes again!
It has sent 410 chief AI architects to the industry
On July 19, the eighth opening ceremony of the AICA Chief AI Architect Training Program (hereinafter referred to as "AICA"), jointly initiated by the National Engineering Research Center for Deep Learning Technology and Application and Baidu, was held. After strict technical review, face-to-face evaluation and other multiple screening mechanisms, 90 enterprise CTOs, scientists, and technical executives stood out from nearly 600 applicants, and will carry out a six-month AI large model research and development and application practice learning, and become high-end compound AI talents who promote the application of large models. It is understood that nearly 60% of the trainees are from state-owned enterprises, listed companies and industry leading T1 application service providers, including PetroChina, People's Bank of China, Mercedes-Benz, Geely, Changan, McDonald's, etc.
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