Baidu Announces the 2017 “Baidu World” Technology Conference
October 30 2017 - 9:16PM
Baidu, Inc. (NASDAQ:BIDU), the leading Chinese language Internet
search provider, announced today that it will hold its annual
“Baidu World” Technology Conference at the China World Summit Wing
and Kerry Hotel in Beijing on November 16. The forum will bring
together Baidu executives, employees, partners, developers, and
media to discuss the company’s mission and strategy, technology
breakthroughs, new product developments, and Baidu’s open
artificial intelligence (AI) ecosystem.
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The theme of this year’s event is “Bring AI to
Life”, highlighting how AI can enhance the smart home experience
and transform everyday life. Baidu envisions a future where
intelligent vehicles, smart home devices, and AI technologies, like
image and voice recognition, can improve and change the way people
interact with machines and make a complex world simpler through
technology.
Baidu has already made great strides in the
integration of AI into people’s daily lives using its open
autonomous driving platform Apollo and conversational AI platform
DuerOS. Moreover, Baidu’s face recognition technology has been used
in many contexts, including tourist attractions and airports, as
well as helping to find missing people in China.
During this one-day event, Baidu’s executives
and AI leadership, including Chairman and CEO Robin Li and Group
President and COO Qi Lu, will explain in the morning session how
the “Baidu Brain” AI platform has evolved to better understand and
serve users through its search and feed integrated platform, mobile
service ecosystem, and AI-enabled new businesses.
At the annual conference, Baidu will make an
exciting announcement on the launch of its latest AI-powered
hardware, as part of its increased push into the integrated smart
software and hardware market. Also, Yu Gong, founder and CEO of
iQIYI, Baidu’s online video arm and China’s largest video streaming
and entertainment service provider, will take the stage and share
the company’s vision to become one of the world’s foremost
entertainment companies powered by technology innovation.
Baidu World’s afternoon breakout sessions will
feature updates and insights from leaders across Baidu’s business
groups, including its Artificial Intelligence Group, content
services group, DuerOS, financial services, and intelligent driving
teams.
The livestream of the event will be available in
Chinese from 10:00 AM Beijing Time on November 16 (6:00 pm PST on
November 15) on the event website, baiduworld.baidu.com, and
real-time updates in English will be shared via Baidu’s official
Facebook and Twitter accounts.
About Baidu
Baidu, Inc. is the leading Chinese language
Internet search provider. Baidu aims to make a complicated world
simpler for users and enterprises through technology. Baidu’s ADSs
trade on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol “BIDU.”
Currently, ten ADSs represent one Class A ordinary share.
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