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B aidu, a leading AI company, announced it will report its Q4 & FY 2022 results on Feb 22, 2023 and hold an earnings conference call. Baidu will also launch its AI chatbot "Ernie Bot" in March 2023 and its shares saw a 16% surge. The chatbot is based on a language model developed by Baidu in 2019, continually upgraded for multiple task learning.
Baidu, Inc. (Nasdaq: BIDU; HKEX: 9888), a leading AI company with strong Internet foundation, announced that it will report its financial results for the Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2022 ended December 31, 2022, before the U.S. market opens on February 22, 2023. Baidu's management will hold an earnings conference call on February 22, 2023 at 7:30 AM Eastern Time (8:30 PM Beijing Time).
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A live and archived webcast of the conference call will be available at https://ir.baidu.com.
Founded in 2000, Baidu's mission is to make the world simpler through technology. Baidu trades on Nasdaq under the symbol "BIDU" and on the HKEX under "9888". One Baidu ADS represents eight Class A ordinary shares.
Baidu has confirmed plans to launch its ChatGPT-style AI chatbot named "Wenxin Yiyan" or "Ernie Bot" in March 2023. The platform stands for "Enhanced Representation through Knowledge Integration". The chatbot is being developed as a standalone application and will eventually be integrated into Baidu's search engine, incorporating chatbot-generated results in search requests.
Baidu's shares in Hong Kong saw a surge of 16% following the news of the AI chatbot launch. The company's investment in AI is seen as a strategic move in the AI race, with Baidu being a key player among Chinese Big Tech companies.
ERNIE Bot is based on a language model developed by Baidu in 2019. Since then, the project has evolved to include features such as the ability to write poems, papers, and automatically generate images. The technology is continuously being upgraded to allow for multiple task learning like humans.