Bottom line:  The departure of Lu Qi from Baidu could deal a setback to some of the company's less advanced and more ambitious efforts in artificial intelligence.

Just a year after being named as the man who would lead search leader Baidu (Nasdaq: BIDU) into a future filled with artificial intelligence (AI), Lu Qi has abruptly abandoned his post as the company's COO. Investors were clearly spooked by the move, dumping Baidu's stock on Friday to the tune of a nearly 10 percent drop, the kind o...

Bottom line: Google's launch of a China AI lab marks the latest step in its campaign to curry favor with Beijing, which could give it a 50-50 chance of being allowed to sell its Pixel phones and open a China Google Play store in 2018.

Google's China return like watching grass grow

Chronicling Google's (Nasdaq: GOOG) slow march back to China has been a bit like watching grass grow these days. It's been a painfully slow process, including the latest announcement that the c...

Bottom line: Google's campaign to build a China-based artificial intelligence team is at least partly designed to woo Beijing, as part of its broader effort to get permission to open a China-based Google Play app store.

Google Play edging towards China?

In the latest signal of its move back to China, Internet titan Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) is apparently on a hiring spree in Beijing that looks aimed at building up an artificial intelligence (AI) team in the world's largest on...

“做出互联网缺失的那一部分。”在马云眼里，这才是互联网公司能够长久生存下去的关键。所以，最近几年，阿里巴巴不断强化其人工智能（AI）布局，毕竟，新时代里，“机器不仅生产产品，它还能说话，能思考”。

按照这个思路，最近，阿里AI实验室推出名为“天猫精灵”的智能音箱。借助人机对话、声纹识别，它能够播放音乐、讲笑话、查运势、查天气、找手机、问百科、设闹钟/定时器、查食物热量、充话费，还可以陪孩子讲故事、教诗歌、玩游戏，甚至充当智能家居的“总开关”，操控天猫魔盒、智能家电……马云也为它点赞，说它就像2003...

作者：曹振峰

作者：曹振峰   润色：吴迪

近来，托柯洁大战阿尔法狗等新闻的福，AI（人工智能）等关键词很火——大街小巷李大妈张大爷张口闭口都是大数据、AI等等，一时间全民AI。

然而，我们每天在网络上所见到的那些关于创业的报道，只是创业大军里的冰山一角——很大部分真正盈利很好的创业项目，都是在线下，并且没有被大规模报道，闷声发大财，侬晓不晓得？

那些概念炒的很火的创业项目，大多来得快去的也快，盈利状况或许还比...

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Apple Siri、微软小冰、图灵机器人、小 i 机器人，它们都是聊天机器人！

它们没有实体，却化身成为手机 APP 或微信公众号，来到了我们身边。聊天机器人们不仅可以给我们带来欢乐，还可以为用户提供一个自由交互的平台，在这上面，你可以问天气、订机票、订外卖、搜索知识，做任何你想要的事情。随着聊天机器人的快速普及，研制、开发更智能、更受喜爱的聊天机器人也成为了学术界和工业界共同努力的重要方向。

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香港理工大学在读博士，集智科学家，人称“小S”的李嫣然将...

Bottom line: Baidu's sale of its mobile game unit represents a broader shedding of non-search assets as it moves into artificial intelligence, though it's far from clear how AI will provide a future business model.

Baidu continues AI migration

Search giant Baidu (Nasdaq: BIDU) is in yet another headline today that reflects its latest attempt at transformation from its original search business to an artificial intelligence (AI) specialist. This time the development is rel...

Bottom line: Tencent's soaring market value reflects its leading position as a developer of social networking products, and its concurrent ability to monetize those products.

Tencent opens A1 lab in Seattle

It seems that Internet titan Tencent (HKEx: 700) can do no wrong these days, at least based on a recent run-up in its share price. Just a couple of weeks after China's Internet wunderkind passed US banking giant Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) to become the world's 10th most ...

Bottom line: Baidu's opening of a new artificial intelligence lab in Silicon Valley is the latest move in its AI obsession, which is likely to end in failure and a quiet pullback in around two years due to mediocre execution.

Baidu in new Silicon Valley R&D lab

I'm officially dubbing Baidu (Nasdaq: BIDU) chief executive Robin Li the "two-year attention span man", with word that the company is setting up a new Silicon Valley office in the rush to build up its artificial i...