Baidu World Conference 2017: Multiple AI products and applications launched

On November 16, the 2017 Baidu World Conference was held in Beijing. The conference was themed "Bring AI to Life" and fully demonstrated to the outside world Baidu's breakthroughs in artificial intelligence technology innovation and application in the past year. Compared with last year, this year's Baidu World Conference has achieved the implementation of many product applications, including the debut of the raven series of smart hardware and fatigue monitoring system, which all show that Baidu has completed the leap from artificial intelligence technology to products and even to mass production.

At the Baidu World Conference, the most eye-catching thing was the smart hardware released by Raven, including raven H, raven R and raven Q. According to the information, raven H is the first new high-end AI hardware released by Raven after joining Baidu. It is also the first software and hardware combination product launched by Baidu. It is also the benchmark product of "DuerOS 2.0" with the best experience. Raven R is an upgraded version of raven H. It is not only equipped with a powerful home control system, but also can simulate a series of character movements and emotional expressions according to instructions. Raven Q is an AI product that is infinitely close to the concept of Home Robot. It combines Baidu's autonomous driving-related SLAM technology, computer vision, voice technology and semantic understanding capabilities. It is a masterpiece.

raven H

Baidu also demonstrated a series of empowering applications based on Baidu Brain's capabilities. For example, this World Congress used voice recognition to achieve "on-site shorthand", with an accuracy rate of 95%, which can completely replace general shorthand work. At the same time, Baidu uses image recognition and other technologies to create a driver fatigue monitoring system, which can prevent drivers from driving fatigue by judging different fatigue states of drivers, improve the safety of road traffic, and even accurately identify the position and state of the eyes when the driver is wearing sunglasses. In addition, Baidu also released the voice control function of TTS broadcasting, as well as the black technology that allows electrical appliances to work directly together through the DuerOS platform.

It is not difficult to find that whether it is the raven series of smart hardware, or the "on-site shorthand" based on voice recognition, the driver fatigue monitoring system based on image recognition and other application scenarios, they are all realized through the empowerment of Baidu Brain. One year after its official release, Baidu Brain has become the "heart" of Baidu's artificial intelligence and the most solid force to promote the implementation of Baidu products.

In fact, through the extensive empowerment of Baidu Brain, the benefited products can provide Baidu Brain with a huge amount of data, help incubate stronger intelligence, and then bring better products and applications, forming a positive cycle. On the day of the Baidu World Conference, Baidu Mobile 10.0 version was officially released. With the support of Baidu's long-term accumulated artificial intelligence technology, Baidu Mobile provides a new experience in short video, voice interaction, visual interaction, etc. In addition, artificial intelligence also runs through iQiyi's creation, distribution, realization, interaction and other links, allowing the various business lines under the iQiyi IP ecosystem to work closely and operate efficiently. The previously highly anticipated Apollo platform has been recommended by more than 6,000 developers worldwide on github in just four months, and Baidu's unmanned vehicle mass production plan will also be brought forward to 2018.

Judging from various comprehensive indicators, Baidu Brain has delivered a brilliant report card: as of now, the number of developers and partners connected to Baidu AI Open Platform has exceeded 370,000; Baidu Brain has been called 218.8 billion times per day by internal and external products...

With Baidu Brain as a solid "foundation", Baidu's artificial intelligence technology is gaining more and more recognition. Previously, the well-known American magazine Fortune published an article listing Baidu as one of the four major AI giants in the world. The recent rapid growth of Baidu's stock price also reflects the capital market's recognition of the "All in AI" strategy.

It is foreseeable that Baidu Brain will continue to be the foundation of Baidu's technological innovation and product implementation for a long time to come, and will support Baidu in realizing more artificial intelligence applications. It is safe to predict that AI technology will be comparable to electricity, and will be output in the fourth industrial revolution and spread throughout every corner of our lives.

As a winner of Toutiao's Qingyun Plan and Baijiahao's Bai+ Plan, the 2019 Baidu Digital Author of the Year, the Baijiahao's Most Popular Author in the Technology Field, the 2019 Sogou Technology and Culture Author, and the 2021 Baijiahao Quarterly Influential Creator, he has won many awards, including the 2013 Sohu Best Industry Media Person, the 2015 China New Media Entrepreneurship Competition Beijing Third Place, the 2015 Guangmang Experience Award, the 2015 China New Media Entrepreneurship Competition Finals Third Place, and the 2018 Baidu Dynamic Annual Powerful Celebrity.