A pilot program for "vehicle-road-cloud integration" smart vehicles has begun in 20 cities, with planned investments exceeding 30 billion yuan. The initiative aims to advance autonomous driving through collaboration between vehicles, roads, networks, clouds, and maps, targeting breakthroughs in intelligent vehicle technology. By 2026, the pilot initiative could expand to 50 major cities, involving over 20 automobile companies and creating a market worth over 10 trillion yuan, with potential total investments exceeding 600 billion yuan by the end of 2024.

The recent accident challenges claims by the Chinese tech giant that self-driving technology will greatly reduce traffic accidents

Making LLMs free for all to use can spur innovation and create opportunities, but might also make it difficult for their developers to turn a profit

Tit-for-tat maneuvers as Baidu replies to Alibaba’s salvo by offering free services on its Ernie AI models

The results underscore how the internet search leader is struggling to capitalize on its first-mover advantage

In videos she shared online, PR chief Qu Jing said she had no responsibility for her subordinates’ welfare outside of work and threatened to ruin the careers of those who complained

Baidu’s profit slump overshadows a 6% rise in revenue as its ChatGPT-style service began to augment advertising sales

Korean smartphone maker’s decision boosts Baidu’s standing as leading AI player and rival to OpenAI’s ChatGPT

The potential acquisition of Chinese live-streaming pioneer Joyy’s business expires three years after it was unveiled as it fails to win regulatory approval

Ernie Bot should help generate hundreds of millions of yuan in additional ad revenue during the fourth quarter, the company estimates

Company founder Robin Li takes the stage in Beijing to run the latest version of Ernie Bot through its paces

Users can download the chatbot on app stores or on its website starting Thursday

Some bellwethers trimmed their stakes in the likes of Alibaba and NetEase before news broke that Beijing had wrapped up a years-long crackdown on misconduct in the tech sector

Chinese search giant posts biggest revenue gain in more than a year, joining Alibaba and Tencent in riding a rebound in advertising and consumer spending

Ji Yue, set to roll out its first car in the fourth quarter, is the latest development in a two-year-old partnership between the companies

A viral AI-generated article made unsubstantiated claims that the company had violated user privacy, further fueling public and investor concern over the potential misuse of the technology

Search leader reported 31.1 billion yuan for the first quarter following a stronger-than-predicted jump in its core advertising and cloud businesses

Internet services giant’s device would be the first major new Chinese entrant in the congested mobile market in years

China’s textile and apparel exports face “significant growth pressure.” Top Chinese digital banks report more bad loans but higher earnings

More than a dozen Chinese tech companies have announced plans to further develop large language models in the latest domestic AI race