[Guide] Release two AI technologies, Robin Lee: create millions of "super useful" applications
China Fund News reporter Yishan
On November 12, the 2024 World Congress of Baidu was held in the Shanghai World Expo Center. Robin Lee, the founder of Baidu, delivered a speech on the theme of "Application is Coming" at the conference, sharing the latest ideas around AI industry changes, AI applications and other fields, and released two AI technologies that enable applications, namely, search enhanced graphics technology (iRAG) and code free tool "SecondDa".
Robin Lee believes that agents are the most mainstream form of AI applications, and are about to usher in an explosion point. "Agents are more like people, more intelligent, more like your sales, customer service and assistant. Agents may become a new carrier of content, information and services in the native era of AI."
The latest data shows that as of early November, the daily average usage of Baidu Wenxin's large model has exceeded 1.5 billion times, an increase of 7.5 times compared to the 200 million times disclosed in May, and an increase of about 30 times compared to the 50 million times first disclosed a year ago. Robin Lee said that the growth rate exceeded expectations, indicating that AI is really in demand.
Robin Lee's main points:
1. The daily usage of Wenxin large model reaches 1.5 billion times, representing the explosive application of large models in China in the past two years.
2. The biggest change in the AI industry over the past 24 months is that big models have largely eliminated illusions.
3. When the basic model capabilities are ready, we are about to usher in the shining moment of AI applications.
4. Intelligent agents are the most mainstream form of AI applications and are about to reach a tipping point.
5. The company's official intelligent agent is likely to replace the official website and become the most direct interface for consumers.
6. Baidu is not aiming to launch a 'super application', but to create millions of 'super useful' applications.
7. In the era of AI, applications create the world. AI applications are creating the world.
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Solve the illusion of image generation
At present, the text generated images based on big language models still have serious illusions, making the generated images "fake at a glance", greatly affecting the practicality of AI.
"At the beginning of this year, we decided to solve the illusion problem of image generation. We developed a subversive technology called iRAG, which is image based RAG, a retrieval enhanced Wenshengtu technology." Robin Lee said that iRAG combines the hundred million level image resources searched by Baidu with a strong basic model capability, which can generate a variety of ultra realistic images. The overall effect is far more than the Wenshengtu native system, eliminating the machine smell.
IRAG technology greatly improves the usability of AI generated images. It is reported that the commercial value of Wenxin iRAG lies in its absence of illusions, hyper realism, cost-effectiveness, and immediate feasibility. In addition, iRAG can significantly reduce creative costs in various application scenarios such as film and television works, comic works, continuous drawing books, and poster production.
Eliminating the illusion of large models is also the foundation for the explosion of AI applications. In Robin Lee's view, when the basic model capability is ready, we will soon usher in the shining moment of AI applications.
Intelligent agents are the next application explosion point
"Today, all the top technology companies in the world are paying attention to agents, but few companies like Baidu regard agents as the most important strategic direction." Robin Lee said that, like websites in the PC era and we media accounts in the mobile era, in the AI native era, agents will become new carriers of content, services and information.
He cited the example of company type intelligent agents. In the traditional PC website model, companies can only statically display company introductions and product parameters, but lack proactive recommendations, timely responses, and one-on-one service capabilities; And the company's intelligent agent can recommend corresponding products based on customer needs, and in terms of service, it can also respond to needs more directly and quickly, greatly improving the efficiency of interactive marketing.
It is reported that after BYD's official intelligent agent was launched, the sales conversion rate increased by 119%, and the interaction rate of Lenovo AIPC intelligent agent increased by 89% in September.
Robin Lee also showed the characteristic functions and usage scenarios of multiple types of agents such as roles, tools and industries. For example, the tool based intelligent agent "Free Canvas" jointly created by Baidu Wenku and Baidu Netdisk allows users to freely drag and drop rich media materials such as documents, audio and video on a canvas like interface, quickly generating multimodal content. For example, the legal intelligent agent "Faxingbao" has answered 16.6 million legal questions from users. It can not only provide answers like a professional lawyer, but also calculate legal compensation amounts, write legal documents, and recommend suitable lawyers.
"Agents are the most mainstream form of AI applications, and will soon usher in its explosion point." In Robin Lee's view, agents have low threshold and high ceiling, which can not only let everyone get started, but also make complex and powerful applications.
In addition, Robin Lee showed the top 100 agents of Wenxin agent platform, which includes not only the roles of farmers, academicians, but also the agents of tools, industries, workplaces, emotions, entertainment and other scenes. At present, the Wenxin intelligent agent platform has attracted 150000 enterprises and 800000 developers.
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