Tag Archives: Baidu

Baidu shares fall after Ernie AI chatbot demo disappoints

Enlarge / “Please use the sharing tools found via the share button at the top or side of Baidu,” chief Robin Li introduces the functions of the company’s AI chatbot Ernie in Beijing on Thursday. Li said there was high market demand as Chinese companies raced to develop an equivalent to Microsoft-backed ChatGPT. Ng Han… Read More: Baidu shares fall after Ernie AI chatbot demo disappoints »

China bans AI-generated media without watermarks

Enlarge / An unmarked AI-generated image of China’s flag, which will be illegal in China after January 10, 2023. Ars Technica reader comments 29 with 0 posters participating Share this story China’s Cyberspace Administration recently issued regulations prohibiting the creation of AI-generated media without clear labels, such as watermarks—among other policies—reports The Register. The new… Read More: China bans AI-generated media without watermarks »

China’s most advanced AI image generator already blocks political content

Enlarge / Images generated by ERNIE-ViLG from the prompt “China” superimposed over China’s flag. Ars Technica reader comments 13 with 11 posters participating Share this story China’s leading text-to-image synthesis model, Baidu’s ERNIE-ViLG, censors political text such as “Tiananmen Square” or names of political leaders, reports Zeyi Yang for MIT Technology Review. Image synthesis has… Read More: China’s most advanced AI image generator already blocks political content »