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South China Morning Post

In January 2024, Hong Kong newspaper South China Morning Post reported that a university research laboratory connected to individuals’s Liberation Army (PLA) had actually evaluated Ernie Bot and iFlyTek’s Spark for military reaction strategies with situations involving the United States. After its noted stock in Hong Kong plunged by more than 11.5 percent, Baidu made a main statement denying the allegations. [11]

Ernie was integrated for the Chinese launch of Samsung’s Galaxy S24 lineup. [14] [15]

In June 2024, Baidu announced that Ernie Bot had actually reached 300 million users. The business likewise revealed its most current structure design, Ernie 4.0 Turbo, which boasts much faster action times and improved efficiency. [16]

In September 2024, Baidu provided everybody using the app access to the 4.0 Turbo design and also announced it would alter its Chinese name from “Wenxin Yiyan” (文心一言) to “Wenxiaoyan” (文小言) positioning itself as a search assistant. [17] [18]

Training

Ernie Bot is based upon specific Ernie structure models, including Ernie 3.0, Ernie 3.5, and Ernie 4.0. The training procedure begins with pre-training, from trillions of data points and billions of understanding pieces. This was followed by refinement through supervised fine-tuning, support knowing with human feedback, and trigger. [19]

Service

In its subscription choices, the professional strategy gives users access to Ernie 4.0 with a payment either for a month or with lower payment for auto-renewal per month. Meanwhile, Ernie 3.5 is free of charge. [20]

Ernie 4.0, the language model for Ernie bot, knows upgraded to April 2023. [10]

Censorship

Ernie Bot undergoes the Chinese government’s censorship program. [21] [22] [23] In public tests with reporters, Ernie Bot refused to address concerns about Xi Jinping, the 1989 Tiananmen Square demonstrations and massacre, the persecution of Uyghurs in China in Xinjiang, and the 2019-2020 Hong Kong demonstrations. [22] [24] [25] When queried about the origin of SARS-CoV-2, Ernie Bot mentioned that it stemmed amongst American vape users. [22]

See likewise

Expert system market in China
ChatGPT
Google Gemini

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