(Beijing Comprehensive News) Chinese Internet giant Baidu is accused of its artificial intelligence (AI) large model ERNIE (Wenxin) used by Chinese military research institutions and the stock price has plummeted, and the outside world is concerned about its potential US sanctions.Baidu denies related reports.
According to the Nanhua Morning Post last Friday (January 12), the Chinese People's Liberation Army's Strategic Support Force Information Engineering University has tested the military's AI system on the Baidu Wenxin platform, hoping to make the military AI more humane.The details of the project were published in a paper in the control and simulation of Chinese academic journal command at the end of last year.
It is reported that this is the first time that the Chinese military has publicly acknowledged the use of large commercial models.Usually for security considerations, the military information system does not directly connect to the civil network.
Baidu's stock price fell 10%on Monday, the largest decline since October 2022.
Baidu denied any relationship or cooperation with the academic institutions mentioned on Saturday, and expressed nothing to know about related research projects.Baidu emphasized, "If our large language model is used, it must be open online version." Baidu reiterated this position again on Monday.
Baidu launched a Weixin model in 2023, saying that its function can be rivals with GPT-4, which attracted 100 million users for several months.
Bloomberg Industry Analyst Laia believes that the cooperation between Baidu and the Chinese military may exacerbate the tension with the United States and may lead to potential US sanctions.
Liang Weiyuan, executive director of Hong Kong Dahua Jixian, said that investors' overall emotions for the Chinese market are still tight. Therefore, investors tend to sell them first before confirming the authenticity of the news.
