Baidu’s Robin Li on China’s Push to Diffuse AI Throughout Society

Robin Li spoke to TIME about the AI ambitions of Baidu and China.

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Baidu unveils new Ernie AI models; CEO talks chip cluster capabilities

Baidu (NASDAQ:BIDU) successfully “illuminated” a cluster of 30,000 of its self-built, third generation P800 Kunlun chips, allowing it to train DeepSeek-like (DEEPSEEK) models, Reuters reported, citing ...
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Baidu's CEO credits DeepSeek for the push to open-source its own AI model

Baidu made its AI model Ernie 4.5 open source, inspired by DeepSeek's success. CEO Robin Li previously said closed-source models were more powerful and economical. Baidu's shares surged last week ...
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Baidu CEO Says More AI Spend Still Needed Despite DeepSeek's Success

BEIJING (Reuters) - Investment in data centres and cloud infrastructure is still needed despite DeepSeek challenging the cost efficiency of large AI models, Baidu CEO Robin Li said on Tuesday. "The ...
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Founder of Chinese search-engine giant Baidu, Robin Li, and wife make gift to UB Engineering

BUFFALO, N.Y. – A gift of $200,000 from Melissa Dongmin Ma and Robin Li, MS '94, co-founder of China’s search-engine giant Baidu.com, will fund a laboratory in the Department of Computer Science and ...
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Baidu's CEO sees AI spending still required despite DeepSeek cost impact

Update: The story was updated with comments from Baidu. Baidu's (NASDAQ:BIDU) CEO Robin Li said investment in data centers and cloud infrastructure is still required in spite of the cost efficiency ...