Except for the self-driving part, the rest of Baidu's AI offerings are crestfallen!
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Once upon a time, Baidu was ambitious in artificial intelligence, and after Lu Qi became CEO, he tapped into artificial intelligence type products in various fields, but when Lu Qi stepped down as Baidu's CEO, we found that, except for the self-driving part, other Baidu's artificial intelligence products had the tendency to lay down!
Probably after Lu Qi left, while Baidu's AI dreams are coming to life, and that includes the high-end smart speaker products that Baidu was extremely bullish on before!
When Baidu spent $90 million to acquire hardware startup Dodo Technologies last year, executives at the company hoped the smart speaker maker could be a key to Baidu's artificial intelligence strategy. When the Dodo's speaker was prominently showcased at Baidu's annual tech conference last November, its central role seemed to be cemented.
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