Baidu Releases DuerOS Open Platform, Creating an Intelligent Voice Ecosystem for the Industry
July 07 2017 - 9:00AM
Baidu Inc. (NASDAQ:BIDU) on Wednesday released the DuerOS Open
Platform, a conversation-based artificial intelligence (AI)
platform that provides development tools and skill kits for
developers looking to quickly build intelligent devices that anyone
can interact with primarily through voice and natural language
conversation.
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More than 100 partners are already using the DuerOS platform,
including hardware manufacturers, chip makers, content providers
and more. Some brands using DuerOS include NVIDIA, Haier, Media,
HTC, Vivo, and Harman.
At Baidu Create, Baidu’s first AI developer conference, in
Beijing, Baidu Vice Chairman, Group President, and COO Qi Lu, said:
“The release of the DuerOS Open Platform is a very important step
in Baidu’s open AI ecosystem strategy. I believe this move will
help attract more developers to work together with Baidu.”
With the launch of the open platform, Baidu aims to give
traditional enterprises and developers the tools they need to
easily build their own intelligent, voice-enabled devices. The
platform provides multiple whole-package solutions and
development-kits for hardware partners that help lower the barriers
to building a voice-first device, as well as enabling developers to
build additional skills in the system. The goal of DuerOS is to
become the fundamental operating framework for every conversational
device, essentially creating the “Android” for the AI era.
“Baidu is building DuerOS to enable everyone – whether they’re a
large enterprise, small business or developer – to create their own
intelligent voice-enabled device without high levels of investment.
By integrating Baidu’s AI technology, data, content and ecosystems,
DuerOS is committed to strengthening the ecosystem for
manufacturers and developers by reducing barriers to access
interactive AI, so that all voice-enabled devices can really hear,
understand, and meet users’ needs,” said Kun Jing, General Manager
of Baidu’s Duer Business Unit.
Voice recognition is the first step toward ‘waking up’ devices
and building human-to-machine interaction. Baidu’s voice
recognition technology now has a 97 percent accuracy rate. Baidu
also has advanced microphone functionalities, echo cancellation,
voice ‘wake-up’ and face recognition technologies, which, when
accompanied with voice recognition technology, boost user
experience across the board, whether in their home, on their cell
phone or in the car.
These breakthroughs enable the platform to understand users’
voice commands, thanks to Baidu’s years of research in deep
learning, natural language processing, multiple dialogues and
search, along with its vast database of user search behavior,
knowledge graphs, speech and voice requests.
“Beyond the extensive content we already have, Baidu will
collaborate with third-party content providers and developers to
contribute more content for DuerOS,” Jing said. The DuerOS Bot
Platform (DBP) for instance, which includes over 100 capabilities
and enables individual developers and third parties to contribute
and publish their own capabilities, resources and content, is the
capacity layer of the DuerOS Open Platform. Today the bot platform
has native skills in 10 major categories, including entertainment,
information services and lifestyle services, among others.
In the era of AI, hardware and software increasingly require
further integration. DuerOS provides high-quality, comprehensive
and free-of-charge resources for developers, manufacturers and
ecosystem partners, such as the DuerOS Conversational Service
(DCS), SDK client, DuerOS dev-kit and DuerOS reference hardware
product. These resources make it easier for developers to add
intelligence to their products and greatly reduce R&D
costs.
At Baidu Create, Baidu also announced the full acquisition of
Seattle-based AI startup Kitt.ai, which specializes in natural
language understanding with a focus on Amazon’s Alexa platform. The
company received funding from the Alexa Fund and participated in
Paul Allen’s AI2 incubator program.
Media contact:
Baidu International Communications
intlcomm@baidu.com
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