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From Google to Musk, everyone wants a piece of ChatGPT’s action as AI race heats up
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From Google to Musk, everyone wants a piece of ChatGPT’s action as AI race heats up

When it comes to AI and implementing it well, ChatGPT is way ahead of its rivals, including some big wigs like Google, Microsoft and Baidu, so much so that they need to catch up. Even Elon Musk wants a piece of the action that ChatGPT is getting.

AI frenzy: Chinese tech firms are scrambling to make AI generative bots like ChatGPT
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AI frenzy: Chinese tech firms are scrambling to make AI generative bots like ChatGPT

ChatGPT is blocked in China, but businesses and people love the programme and access it using VPNs. To cater to growing domestic demands, Chinese tech companies are rushing to create their own AI Generators and launch them in the Chinese market

China’s stride in AI: Baidu set to finish testing ChatGPT-like project called 'Ernie Bot' by March
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China’s stride in AI: Baidu set to finish testing ChatGPT-like project called 'Ernie Bot' by March

Because of US sanctions, China couldn't access technologies like Microsoft and OpenAI's ChatGPT. As a result, they had to develop their own AI generative tech. Baidu, one of China's largest tech companies, is set to launch ErnieBOT that functions like ChatGPT

How China is developing its own parallel generative AI universe by copying Stable Diffusion and DALL-E2
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How China is developing its own parallel generative AI universe by copying Stable Diffusion and DALL-E2

China, like the US, has been developing its own version of AI bots like ChatGPT and DALL-E2, despite the US imposing sanctions on China, which bars tech companies to work with them.

Beyond The Lines | Why Xi Jinping wants the chip? Tech it up, when chips are down
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Beyond The Lines | Why Xi Jinping wants the chip? Tech it up, when chips are down

The Chinese economy — including its strategic economy — is so dependent on Taiwan that its missiles, cyber capability, technology-integrated weapon systems, its tech sector would have been swiftly dismantled in the event of an attack on Taiwan

China's Baidu defers earnings date to 27 Feb as coronavirus outbreak threatens to affect business
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China's Baidu defers earnings date to 27 Feb as coronavirus outbreak threatens to affect business

Baidu said the revised date would give it more time to observe the business condition for the first quarter of 2020.

Baidu shares rise by 5 percent, video streaming platform iQIYI, contributes most
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Baidu shares rise by 5 percent, video streaming platform iQIYI, contributes most

Baidu has been trying to cut its dependence on the core search business and expand into areas such as AI.

TikTok parent ByteDance introduces a new search engine in China called Toutiao Search
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TikTok parent ByteDance introduces a new search engine in China called Toutiao Search

Parent company of TikTok, ByteDance, is also moving into work-place messaging and music streaming.

Baidu reported net loss of $47.51 million, records loss for the first time since 2015
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Baidu reported net loss of $47.51 million, records loss for the first time since 2015

Baidu is facing increasing competition in the fast-growing short video and news feed markets.

Google Play Store purges popular Chinese developer's apps on account of ad-fraud
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Google Play Store purges popular Chinese developer's apps on account of ad-fraud

Do Global has had up to 46 apps removed from the Google Play Store and many more could bite the dust.

Google removes 46 apps by developer from the Play Store suspecting malware: Report
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Google removes 46 apps by developer from the Play Store suspecting malware: Report

DO Global has close to 100 apps in the Play Store with more than 600 million installs.

Baidu to improve its media aggregating service after receiving complaint
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Baidu to improve its media aggregating service after receiving complaint

Baidu on Wednesday acknowledged the article in a post on its a Twitter-like Weibo account.

Google's internal conflict with privacy team has led to end of Project Dragonfly
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Google's internal conflict with privacy team has led to end of Project Dragonfly

Google's privacy team learned about the Dragonfly when the information was disclosed to the public in August.

Baidu's 'Facemoji Keyboard' application now supports 22 Indian languages
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Baidu's 'Facemoji Keyboard' application now supports 22 Indian languages

Facemoji is a keyboard input application that enables its users to jazz up their conversation

China's giant tech scene hit by trade war with US and rising censorship
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China's giant tech scene hit by trade war with US and rising censorship

China’s tech industry is facing a reckoning amid rising state control over the sector and trade war.

Volkswagen to join Baidu's Apollo consortium to develop self-driving cars
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Volkswagen to join Baidu's Apollo consortium to develop self-driving cars

Volkswagen will gain a seat on the management board of Apollo which has brought in 130 partners.

WeChat rival Bullet Messenger removed from China App Store over copyright complaint
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WeChat rival Bullet Messenger removed from China App Store over copyright complaint

Bullet did not elaborate on which part of the app the copyright complaints were referring to.

Alibaba co-founder and China's richest man Jack Ma to step down, will focus on philanthropy
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Alibaba co-founder and China's richest man Jack Ma to step down, will focus on philanthropy

As he prepares to leave the company, Jack Ma is among China's richest men with a net worth estimated by Forbes at $38.6 billion.

Daily Bulletin: Karunanidhi's funeral post Madras HC order; NCLAT to hear Tata-Mistry feud, and other top stories today
India

Daily Bulletin: Karunanidhi's funeral post Madras HC order; NCLAT to hear Tata-Mistry feud, and other top stories today

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress President Rahul Gandhi are expected to arrive as well and pay respects to Karunanidhi ahead of burial rites with full state honours. Here are the top stories for Wednesday

Chinese entrepreneurs are embedding artificial intelligence into sex dolls
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Chinese entrepreneurs are embedding artificial intelligence into sex dolls

WMDOLL one of China’s biggest sex doll makers, launched what it calls AI-powered dolls in 2016.