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Time of India
25-04-2025
- Business
- Time of India
China's Baidu says its Kunlun chip cluster can train DeepSeek-like models
Baidu has activated a 30,000-chip P800 cluster to support large-scale AI training, CEO Robin Li announced. At its developer conference, Baidu also launched new models Ernie 4.5 Turbo and Ernie X1 Turbo, emphasizing AI integration into apps as competition intensifies in China's evolving AI landscape. Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads China's Baidu has successfully "illuminated" a cluster comprising 30,000 of its self-developed, third generation P800 Kunlun chips, which can support the training of DeepSeek-like models , its CEO said on Li made the announcement at the company's annual developer conference where the Chinese search engine giant is giving updates on its artificial intelligence (AI) efforts. "Illuminated" means switching the cluster on and preparing it for training P800 cluster can support the training ofDeepSeek-like models with hundreds of billions parameters or a thousand customers fine-tuning models with billions of parameters at the same time, he said Chinese banks and Internet companies had adopted the P800 also unveiled Baidu's latest AI model, Ernie 4.5 Turbo , saying it matched the industry's best in several benchmark tests, demonstrating abilities ranging from coding to linguistic comprehension. The company also launched a new reasoning model called Ernie X1 Turbo, and said it would incorporate its AI abilities across its apps from its cloud drive and content platform Baidu Wenku."There are many (AI) models, but it's apps that rule the world. The application is the king," Li said. "Without apps, models and chips are worthless."The product launch comes at a time of heightened competition in China's AI market, with tech firms shifting focus from foundation model development to the search for applications beyond AI chatbots that can attract and retain was among the first major Chinese companies to invest heavily in AI following the 2022 debut of OpenAI's ChatGPT. However, itsErnie Bot has struggled to gain traction amid fierce competition.
Business Times
25-04-2025
- Business
- Business Times
China's Baidu says its Kunlun chip cluster can train DeepSeek-like models
[BEIJING/SHANGHAI] China's Baidu has successfully 'illuminated' a cluster comprising 30,000 of its self-developed, third-generation P800 Kunlun chips, which can support the training of DeepSeek-like models, its CEO said on Friday (Apr 25). Robin Li made the announcement at the company's annual developer conference where the Chinese search engine giant is giving updates on its artificial intelligence (AI) efforts. 'Illuminated' means switching the cluster on and preparing it for training tasks. The P800 cluster can support the training of DeepSeek-like models with hundreds of billions parameters or a thousand customers fine-tuning models with billions of parameters at the same time, he said. Baidu said Chinese banks and Internet companies had adopted the P800 chips. Li also unveiled Baidu's latest AI model, Ernie 4.5 Turbo, saying it matched the industry's best in several benchmark tests, demonstrating abilities ranging from coding to linguistic comprehension. The company also launched a new reasoning model called Ernie X1 Turbo, and said it would incorporate its AI abilities across its apps from its cloud drive and content platform Baidu Wenku. 'There are many (AI) models, but it's apps that rule the world. The application is the king,' Li said. 'Without apps, models and chips are worthless.' The product launch comes at a time of heightened competition in China's AI market, with tech firms shifting focus from foundation model development to the search for applications beyond AI chatbots that can attract and retain users. Baidu was among the first major Chinese companies to invest heavily in AI following the 2022 debut of OpenAI's ChatGPT. However, its Ernie Bot has struggled to gain traction amid fierce competition. REUTERS
Reuters
25-04-2025
- Business
- Reuters
China's Baidu says its Kunlun chip cluster can train DeepSeek-like models
BEIJING/SHANGHAI, April 25 (Reuters) - China's Baidu ( opens new tab has successfully "illuminated" a cluster comprising 30,000 of its self-developed, third generation P800 Kunlun chips, which can support the training of DeepSeek-like models, its CEO said on Friday. Robin Li made the announcement at the company's annual developer conference where the Chinese search engine giant is giving updates on its artificial intelligence (AI) efforts. "Illuminated" means switching the cluster on and preparing it for training tasks. The P800 cluster can support the training of DeepSeek -like models with hundreds of billions parameters or a thousand customers fine-tuning models with billions of parameters at the same time, he said. Baidu said Chinese banks and Internet companies had adopted the P800 chips. Li also unveiled Baidu's latest AI model, Ernie 4.5 Turbo, saying it matched the industry's best in several benchmark tests, demonstrating abilities ranging from coding to linguistic comprehension. The company also launched a new reasoning model called Ernie X1 Turbo, and said it would incorporate its AI abilities across its apps from its cloud drive and content platform Baidu Wenku. "There are many (AI) models, but it's apps that rule the world. The application is the king," Li said. "Without apps, models and chips are worthless." The product launch comes at a time of heightened competition in China's AI market, with tech firms shifting focus from foundation model development to the search for applications beyond AI chatbots that can attract and retain users. Baidu was among the first major Chinese companies to invest heavily in AI following the 2022 debut of OpenAI's ChatGPT. However, its Ernie Bot has struggled to gain traction amid fierce competition.
