South China Morning Post

In January 2024, Hong Kong newspaper South China Morning Post reported that a university research study lab connected to the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) had checked Ernie Bot and iFlyTek’s Spark for military response plans with situations including the United States. After its listed 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 revealed that Ernie Bot had actually reached 300 million users. The business likewise unveiled its most current structure model, Ernie 4.0 Turbo, which boasts faster response times and improved efficiency. [16]

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

Training

Ernie Bot is based on specific Ernie structure designs, including Ernie 3.0, Ernie 3.5, and Ernie 4.0. The training procedure starts from pre-training, gaining from trillions of information points and billions of understanding pieces. This was followed by improvement through supervised fine-tuning, reinforcement learning with human feedback, and trigger. [19]

Service

In its subscription options, the expert plan offers 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 complimentary of charge. [20]

Ernie 4.0, the language design for Ernie bot, has info upgraded to April 2023. [10]

Censorship

Ernie Bot undergoes the Chinese government’s censorship routine. [21] [22] [23] In public tests with journalists, Ernie Bot declined to address concerns about Xi Jinping, the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests 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 stated that it originated amongst American vape users. [22]

See also

Expert system industry in China
ChatGPT
Google Gemini

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