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Baidu Unveils iRAG and No-Code Tool Miaoda to Drive AI Application Boom

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Baidu unveiled new AI technologies at Baidu World 2024, including iRAG for reducing hallucinations in image generation and Miaoda, a no-code tool for application development. The company reported that ERNIE's daily API calls reached 1.5 billion, marking a 30-fold increase from last year. ERNIE Bot has accumulated 430 million users, while the Qianfan platform has helped develop 770,000 enterprise applications. Baidu also announced Xiaodu AI Glasses, powered by ERNIE, scheduled for release in first half of 2025.

Baidu ha svelato nuove tecnologie AI al Baidu World 2024, tra cui iRAG, progettato per ridurre le allucinazioni nella generazione di immagini, e Miaoda, uno strumento no-code per lo sviluppo di applicazioni. L'azienda ha riportato che le chiamate API quotidiane di ERNIE hanno raggiunto 1,5 miliardi, segnando un aumento di 30 volte rispetto all'anno scorso. ERNIE Bot ha accumulato 430 milioni di utenti, mentre la piattaforma Qianfan ha contribuito allo sviluppo di 770.000 applicazioni aziendali. Baidu ha anche annunciato gli Xiaodu AI Glasses, alimentati da ERNIE, previsti per il rilascio nella prima metà del 2025.

Baidu presentó nuevas tecnologías de IA en Baidu World 2024, incluyendo iRAG para reducir las alucinaciones en la generación de imágenes y Miaoda, una herramienta sin código para el desarrollo de aplicaciones. La compañía informó que las llamadas a la API diaria de ERNIE alcanzaron 1.5 mil millones, marcando un aumento de 30 veces en comparación con el año pasado. ERNIE Bot ha acumulado 430 millones de usuarios, mientras que la plataforma Qianfan ha ayudado a desarrollar 770,000 aplicaciones empresariales. Baidu también anunció las Gafas IA Xiaodu, impulsadas por ERNIE, programadas para lanzarse en la primera mitad de 2025.

바이두는 바이두 월드 2024에서 새로운 AI 기술을 공개했습니다. 여기에는 이미지 생성 시 환각을 줄이기 위한 iRAG와 애플리케이션 개발을 위한 코드 없는 도구 Miaoda가 포함됩니다. 회사는 ERNIE의 일일 API 호출이 15억 회에 도달했다고 보고했으며, 이는 지난해 대비 30배 증가한 수치입니다. ERNIE Bot은 4억 3천만 사용자를 기록했으며, Qianfan 플랫폼은 77만 개의 기업 애플리케이션 개발을 지원했습니다. 바이두는 또한 ERNIE로 구동되는 샤오두 AI 안경을 발표했으며, 이는 2025년 상반기 출시 예정입니다.

Baidu a dévoilé de nouvelles technologies d'IA lors de Baidu World 2024, y compris iRAG pour réduire les hallucinations dans la génération d'images et Miaoda, un outil sans code pour le développement d'applications. L'entreprise a rapporté que les appels API quotidiens d'ERNIE ont atteint 1,5 milliard, marquant une augmentation de 30 fois par rapport à l'année dernière. ERNIE Bot a accumulé 430 millions d'utilisateurs, tandis que la plateforme Qianfan a contribué au développement de 770 000 applications d'entreprise. Baidu a également annoncé les Lunettes IA Xiaodu, alimentées par ERNIE, dont la sortie est prévue pour la première moitié de 2025.

Baidu hat beim Baidu World 2024 neue KI-Technologien vorgestellt, darunter iRAG, das zur Reduzierung von Halluzinationen bei der Bildgenerierung dient, sowie Miaoda, ein No-Code-Tool zur Anwendungsentwicklung. Das Unternehmen berichtete, dass die täglichen API-Aufrufe von ERNIE 1,5 Milliarden erreicht haben, was eine 30-fache Steigerung im Vergleich zum letzten Jahr markiert. ERNIE Bot hat 430 Millionen Nutzer angesammelt, während die Qianfan-Plattform bei der Entwicklung von 770.000 Unternehmensanwendungen geholfen hat. Baidu kündigte auch die Xiaodu AI-Brille an, die von ERNIE angetrieben wird und für die erste Hälfte von 2025 geplant ist.

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  • ERNIE's daily API calls grew 30-fold to 1.5 billion
  • ERNIE Bot reached 430 million users
  • Qianfan platform helped develop 770,000 enterprise applications
  • BYD achieved 119% increase in lead conversion using ERNIE-powered agent
  • ERNIE AgentBuilder attracted 150,000 businesses and 800,000 developers
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The launch of iRAG technology and Miaoda represents a significant technological leap for Baidu in the AI space. The 30-fold increase in ERNIE's daily API calls to 1.5 billion demonstrates exceptional market penetration. The iRAG technology's ability to reduce hallucinations in image generation addresses a critical industry pain point, while Miaoda's no-code platform could significantly democratize AI application development. The 430 million ERNIE Bot users and 18.08 million developers on PaddlePaddle indicate strong ecosystem growth. These developments position Baidu competitively against global tech giants in the rapidly expanding AI market.

The massive growth in API calls and user base signals strong market adoption of Baidu's AI solutions. The 33,000 fine-tuned models and 770,000 enterprise applications on Qianfan platform indicate robust commercial traction. BYD's 119% increase in lead conversion using ERNIE-powered agents demonstrates clear business value. The planned launch of Xiaodu AI Glasses in 2025 opens a new revenue stream in the growing AR/AI wearables market. These developments could significantly impact Baidu's market position and revenue growth in the AI sector.

-       The new iRAG technology mitigates hallucinations in image generation, boosting the applicability of AI-generated images.
-       Miaoda is a no-code tool that enables users to build applications using simple natural language.
-       ERNIE now handles 1.5 billion daily API calls, marking an exceptional 30-fold growth over the previous year.

SHANGHAI, Nov. 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Baidu, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU and HKEX: 9888), a leading AI company with strong Internet foundation, today hosted its annual flagship technology conference Baidu World 2024 in Shanghai. At the event, the company announced a range of new AI technologies and solutions to accelerate the boom of AI applications, featuring iRAG (Image-Based Retrieval-Augmented Generation), a new technology designed to tackle hallucinations in image generation, and Miaoda, a no-code tool that empowers businesses and individuals to create applications.

The launch comes amid surging demand for Baidu's AI offerings, as evidenced by the ERNIE foundation model's daily API calls reaching 1.5 billion by early November. This represents a substantial 30-fold increase from the 50 million announced a year ago.

ERNIE's daily API calls reach 1.5 billion by early November 2024

"The growth rate exceeded my expectations," said Robin Li, Co-founder, Chairman, and CEO of Baidu, who described the steep increase as a reflection of the explosive growth in generative AI applications in China over the past two years.

Robin Li, Co-founder, Chairman, and CEO of Baidu, speaks at Baidu World 2024

Looking ahead, Li emphasized that agents will serve as the predominant form of AI applications and are approaching a tipping point of explosive growth. Underscoring this point, Li introduced the Top 100 Agents and Top 100 Industry Applications on the ERNIE AgentBuilder platform.

Baidu World 2024 also highlighted the latest user growth for ERNIE Bot, ERNIE's expanding role in enterprise applications, and featured the debut of Xiaodu AI Glasses by Xiaodu Technology.

New iRAG Technology to Mitigate Hallucinations in Image Generation

Hallucinations, a phenomenon in which AI generates false or misleading information, have remained one of the most intractable barriers to the widespread adoption of generative AI. In text generation, RAG technology has largely resolved the problem of hallucinations, greatly enhancing the accuracy of generated answers. However, in the field of multimodality, hallucinations remain a key obstacle, often manifesting as inaccurate depictions of people or landmarks.

Baidu's newly launched iRAG technology can mitigate hallucinations in text-to-image generation. Leveraging Baidu Search's vast collection of hundreds of millions of images and the company's strong foundation model capabilities, the new technology enables text-to-image models to deliver hyper-realistic visuals while also significantly reducing the cost of image production. The ability of the iRAG to reduce hallucinations boosts the applicability of images generated by text-to-image models across visual mediums, including comics, storyboards, posters, among others. Li described the reduction of hallucinations as laying the groundwork for the coming boom in AI applications.

Miaoda: Building Applications with Natural Language

Baidu also unveiled Miaoda, a no-code tool that makes it possible to build entire applications simply by describing them in natural language. Miaoda provides no-code programming, multi-agent collaboration, and multi-tool invocation. No-code programming allows anyone to generate code without writing a single line, lowering barriers to AI development and making it accessible to all. Its multi-agent collaboration leverages ERNIE's thinking and planning capabilities to coordinate and manage different agents effectively, while its multi-tool invocation taps into ERNIE's tool invocation abilities, extensively utilizing web search, iRAG, maps API, and other tools for a seamless workflow.

"Baidu isn't aiming to launch a 'super app'; instead, we aim to help more people and businesses create millions of 'super useful' applications," Li said.

Mirroring the real-world product development process, Miaoda draws on the abilities of different agents across multiple domains such as project management and planning, content editing, programming and quality control. Miaoda can even automatically identify bugs and use a range of tools. Li called it "the most complex application case of multi-agent collaboration to date".

Miaoda empowers everyone with the capabilities of a programmer – anyone who can speak, can create applications, greatly enhancing human productivity.

Agents as the Next Frontier in AI Application 

"Today, while all leading global tech firms are paying attention to agents, few have made them as central to their strategy as Baidu has," Li said at the event. He likened the potential of agents to websites in the PC era and social media accounts in the mobile age.

"Agents are more human-like, more intelligent, and act like your sales, customer service representatives, or assistants. Agents will become a new vehicle for content, information and services," Li added.

Four types of agents – company, character, tool, and industry – were highlighted at the event to demonstrate the potential of agents in the AI era. Company agents, for example, differ from traditional websites that only show static company and product information, and can instead proactively recommend products based on customer needs and respond promptly to service requests, greatly improving the efficiency of interactive marketing. After deploying an agent powered by ERNIE, automaker BYD saw a 119% increase in lead conversion.

Li also offered the example of the tool agent Free Canvas, developed in collaboration between Baidu Wenku and Baidu Drive. It allows users to drag and drop documents, audio, video, and other materials onto a canvas-like interface to quickly generate multimodal content. Similarly, the industry agent Faxingbao was specifically developed for the legal field. It has answered over 16.6 million legal questions and can also calculate compensation, draft legal documents, and recommend suitable lawyers.

To date, Baidu's ERNIE AgentBuilder has garnered the interest of 150,000 businesses and 800,000 developers. The top 100 agents encompass character-based agents like the "Farmer Academician", as well as agents for tools, industries, workplace, emotions, and entertainment.

Expanding ERNIE's Reach with Growing Developer Community, Enterprise Applications and AI Glasses

Haifeng Wang, Chief Technology Officer of Baidu, announced that ERNIE Bot has amassed 430 million users, while the PaddlePaddle deep learning platform and ERNIE have a total of 18.08 million developers. Wang also mentioned that the ERNIE foundation model is still in training, with an even more powerful version worth looking forward to.

Dou Shen, Executive Vice President of Baidu and President of Baidu AI Cloud Group, highlighted that the Qianfan platform has helped customers fine-tune 33,000 models, and develop 770,000 enterprise applications. Shen noted that the explosion in new AI applications has begun on the enterprise front, supported by a new AI infrastructure comprising an enterprise-level foundation model engineering platform and a heterogeneous computing platform, poised to replace traditional cloud computing.

Ying Li, CEO of Xiaodu Technology, introduced Xiaodu AI Glasses, the first native AI glasses powered by a Chinese language foundation model. Powered by ERNIE and equipped with visual, audio, and location-based capabilities, these smart glasses serve as a versatile AI assistant across everyday scenarios. They function as a personal tour guide, offer information via Baidu Maps and Search, and excel in instant translation and content summarization from photos. Ideal for both academics and casual readers, they also assist with intelligent note-taking and can personalize music to enhance the user's surroundings. Li revealed that Xiaodu AI Glasses will be available for sale in the first half of 2025.

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FAQ

What is Baidu's iRAG technology announced at Baidu World 2024?

iRAG (Image-Based Retrieval-Augmented Generation) is Baidu's new technology designed to reduce hallucinations in AI image generation, leveraging Baidu Search's vast image collection to deliver more accurate and realistic visuals.

How many daily API calls does Baidu's ERNIE (BIDU) handle as of November 2024?

ERNIE handles 1.5 billion daily API calls, representing a 30-fold increase from the 50 million calls reported a year ago.

When will Baidu (BIDU) release the Xiaodu AI Glasses?

Baidu plans to release the Xiaodu AI Glasses, powered by the ERNIE foundation model, in the first half of 2025.

What is Baidu's Miaoda tool announced in 2024?

Miaoda is a no-code tool that enables users to build applications using natural language, featuring no-code programming, multi-agent collaboration, and multi-tool invocation capabilities.

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