On February 20, Midea Group announced that it had become the first batch of ecological partners of Baidu Wenxin Yiyan (English name: ERNIE Bot), and joined hands with Baidu to further upgrade the human-machine dialogue capability in the field of smart home, and help users achieve natural and fluent dialogue in smart home scenarios through cutting-edge generative AI technology.
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According to the person in charge of the algorithm of Midea Group's AI Innovation Center, after accessing Baidu Wenxin Yiyan's capabilities, Midea's smart home and Midea's home service robots will be able to give priority to internal testing and trial of Wenxin Yiyan's many capabilities, which will significantly improve the intelligence level of existing products and services.
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In this cooperation, Midea Group will combine the innovation capabilities of smart home products and businesses that occupy the mainstream market, and apply the achievements of Baidu Wenxin Yiyan's intelligent dialogue technology in smart home, home service robots and other fields, which means that Midea Group has priority to obtain the blessing of cutting-edge AI technology, marking the first landing of a new generation of conversational AI technology in domestic smart home scenarios.
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It is understood that Midea will also carry out in-depth cooperation with Baidu in AI technology research and development, cutting-edge technology exploration, etc., and work together with Baidu's technical team to create solutions for smart home scenarios, through technology sharing, project cooperation and other forms, to achieve complementary advantages, comprehensively improve the product experience of home users, and fully realize the intelligent upgrade of home scenes.
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Wenxin Yiyan is a generative dialogue product launched by Baidu based on Wenxin's large model technology. Baidu has been deeply engaged in the field of artificial intelligence for more than ten years, and has an industrial-level knowledge-enhanced Wenxin large model ERNIE, with cross-modal and cross-language deep semantic understanding and generation capabilities, and has a broader imagination space in many fields such as search and Q&A, content creation and generation, and smart office. In addition, Wenxin Yiyan will be fully connected to Baidu Intelligent Cloud, and in the future, enterprises will be able to call Wenxin Yiyan's services through Baidu Intelligent Cloud, and gradually implement artificial intelligence products into actual production scenarios.
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Midea Group adheres to the strategic axis of "leading technology, direct access to users, driven by digital intelligence, and global breakthroughs", takes leading technology as the core, adheres to scientific and technological innovation to drive the high-quality development of enterprises, continues to increase investment in digitalization, intelligence, and global breakthroughs, lays out and invests in new cutting-edge technologies, especially in basic science, breaks through technical barriers in multiple dimensions, and continuously develops five business segments: smart home, industrial technology, building technology, robotics and automation, and digital innovation. Adhere to the simultaneous development of ToC and ToB business, and firmly ignite the second engine. Focus on the development of the "four" core To B business, namely robotics and automation, building technology, energy management, and intelligent travel; We will continue to promote the transformation and upgrading of the "four small" digital innovation businesses of Ander Zhilian, Meiyun Zhishu, Wandong Medical and Meizhi Optoelectronics.