"The large-volume model makes no sense, and the volume application opportunities are greater."
Since the end of last year, the emergence of generative AI represented by ChatGPT has further promoted the vigorous development of the large model market. For the development and understanding of large-scale models, we have gone through the novelty and confusion brought by technology, and now we are gradually deepening into the scene and application fields, and beginning to enter the "deep water area".
From being the first to set up a deep learning laboratory in 2013, to releasing version 1.0 of Baidu Wenxin’s large model in 2019, to taking the lead in opening Wenxin to the whole society on August 31, Baidu’s technological innovation in the field of AI is obvious to all.
Today, from technological innovation to application to ecological construction, Baidu once again takes the lead. On May 31, Baidu announced the launch of the Baidu "Wenxin Cup" Entrepreneurship Competition, which is open to various entrepreneurial teams and start-up companies across the country focusing on the field of AI large models, marking that Baidu is the first to put the construction of China's large model ecosystem on the agenda.
On September 5, Robin Li, founder, chairman and CEO of Baidu, said in the award speech of Baidu "Wenxin Cup" Entrepreneurship Competition that the model itself does not directly generate value, and the application developed based on the basic large model is the model. The meaning of existence. For entrepreneurs, "the volume model is meaningless, and the application opportunities are greater." In the mobile Internet era, the only operating systems are Android and iOS, but there are many particularly successful applications. Only by generating enough AI native applications based on large models can we have a healthy ecological environment.
01 Leading technology and casting China’s own big model
"Under the wave of open source, many large models are shelled, fine-tuned, and transformed. The Baidu Wenxin large model is a rare and relatively pure self-developed large model in China." In an exclusive interview with the AIGC open community, participating in Baidu " Xu Zuobiao, founder of Nolibox in the "Wenxin Cup" Entrepreneurship Competition, said it truthfully.
It is understood that Nolibox is focused on building a high-quality AI graphic design and creative generation platform. It is currently focusing on e-commerce marketing scenarios, providing e-commerce users with tools from product images to high-quality, personalized content marketing material generation based on intelligent typesetting. .
Xu Zuobiao said that the reason for choosing Baidu Wenxin large model as the basic model is based on Baidu's rich experience and technical advantages in Chinese context understanding and compliance. At the same time, Baidu Wenxin’s large model also has good underlying capabilities in terms of copywriting generation and recommendation in e-commerce scenarios. Moreover, the model meets the current national requirements for generative AI, and its implementation is safe and reliable.
Domestic, easy-to-use, and compliant are the choices for developers and are the rewards of Baidu’s continued exploration in the field of AI technology. Looking back at the rise of Baidu Wenxin Model, we found that Baidu had released version 1.0 of Wenxin Model as early as March 2019. After four years of deep technical cultivation and R&D iteration, it has been upgraded to version 3.5.
According to the data, Wenxin Large Model 3.5 uses Feipiao's most advanced adaptive hybrid parallel training technology and mixed precision calculation strategy in training. Multiple strategies optimize data sources and data distribution, which greatly speeds up the iteration of the model. Compared with version 3.0 in March, Feipiao and Wenxin are collaboratively optimized, with the training speed reaching 3 times and the inference speed reaching more than 30 times.
According to the "AI Large Model Technical Capability Assessment Report, 2023" released by IDC, Baidu Wenxin's large model scored 7 full marks among 12 indicators in 3 dimensions, ranking first in the overall score, which shows its strong strength.
It is worth mentioning that among many manufacturers, Baidu Wenxin Big Model received the only full score in the two core indicators of "algorithm model" and "industry coverage". This also shows that Baidu Wenxin Big Model is not only a leader in product technology, but also a leader in industry applications.
02 Move towards application and open a new era of large model gold mining
"I think Baidu is generally more open, and the people we connect with are also very nice and efficient. We use some of Baidu's capabilities at a more affordable price." Talking about the biggest feeling of participating in the entrepreneurial competition, Xu Zuobiao, founder of Nolibox, said.
When large AI models shift from focusing on the accumulation of parameters to focusing on scenario applications, large-scale, mass-produced industrial practice has become the core. If the full-stack technology system is the foundation, then Baidu's all-round support for startups in terms of resources, funds, and team coaching will lead the industry to steadily open a new era of gold rush for large-scale model applications.
As the first shot at launching China's big model, Baidu's "Wenxin Cup" Entrepreneurship Competition provides participating teams with stable callable Wenxin Big Model API and Baidu intelligent cloud computing resources. Robin Li also said that Baidu will invest tens of millions of dollars Winning teams and long-term support in terms of technology, products, development strategies, capital cooperation, etc.
It is reported that since the launch of the Baidu "Wenxin Cup" Entrepreneurship Competition on May 31, the competition has attracted nearly 1,000 project registrations, bringing a large number of AI native applications in productivity tools, marketing, entertainment, social networking, e-commerce and other fields; 30 of them Several innovative and potential projects were shortlisted for the Demo development stage, and were connected to the Baidu Intelligent Cloud Qianfan large model platform to carry out Demo development based on the Wenxin large model.
03Build
an ecology together and accelerate the entry of large models into deep water areas
"In the future, I hope to add some new scenarios." Nolibox founder Xu Zuobiao said when talking about the future.
Xu Zuobiao believes that the essence of AI tools is to help humans. Currently in the field of e-commerce marketing, large models partially solve the problem of insufficient or expensive and time-consuming materials in graphic design. From creative drawings to graphic design, at least 90% of the commercial value has not yet been tapped.
These words also show the potential of large models from one aspect. Large models are the original driving force for technological change in AIGC. The implementation of large models will speed up AI industrial production and fully release the potential market space of the AI industry, bringing about a new round of AI industrialization transformation.
According to incomplete statistics, as of June 2023, there are a total of 36 industry large models that have been launched in China, mainly concentrated in the fields of finance, medical and media games. Among them, Baidu Wenxin’s large model participates in nearly 1/3, ranking first in terms of number. one. At present, Baidu has collaborated with industry customers to release large industry models covering electric power, gas, finance, aerospace, media, cities, film and television, manufacturing, social sciences and other fields. With full-stack technology accumulation and coverage of multiple application scenarios, Baidu has demonstrated a strong ecological first-mover advantage.
Source: Internet
At the same time, Baidu has established a 1 billion Wenxin Investment Fund to provide comprehensive support for startups with technology + business resources + capital, becoming the most powerful "accelerator" for startups. It is foreseeable that Baidu will use its full-stack technology to support thousands of industries, continue to promote large model applications from "used" and "available" to "easy to use", and build a diversified and dynamic AI ecosystem with the industry.
On August 31, the first batch of 11 large-model products registered through the "Interim Measures for the Management of Generative Artificial Intelligence Services", represented by Baidu Wenxinyiyan, went online. This is China's first batch of generative AI products available to the public, and it also means that China's large model competition has entered a new stage of volume application implementation.
There is no doubt that large models only have vitality when they are implemented. Model products can only accelerate their own update process by collecting and obtaining data feedback from real users. Driven by the data flywheel, the implementation of To B and To C applications based on large models will be further accelerated, and AI native applications will also usher in an explosive moment.
Many people think this is the iPhone moment for AI. But looking back at the development history of the mobile Internet, we will find that successful applications are often not the migration of PC-side applications, but the rise of native applications. The same is true for large models. In the current context of China's need to accelerate economic development and industrial upgrading, instead of consuming resources to train large models, focusing on AI native applications is more focused on actual needs and can better promote China's innovation and development.
Robin Li said that only by generating enough AI native applications based on large models can we have a healthy ecological environment. From the current point of view, Baidu can definitely be regarded as the company with the most complete large-model ecological construction. Technically, Wenxin Big Model has been evaluated by many authoritative institutions, and its overall effect exceeds that of ChatGPT; in terms of industry applications, Baidu Wenxin Big Model participates in nearly 1/3 of the industry's large models, far ahead in number; in C-side applications On August 31st, Wenxinyiyan took the lead in opening up to the whole society, answering 33.42 million questions in one day, demonstrating the user advantages of large manufacturers. In terms of ecological construction, Baidu's "Wenxin Cup" Entrepreneurship Competition was successfully held, and the 1 billion Wenxin Investment Fund provided comprehensive support for startups with technology + business resources + funds.
While Chinese companies are rushing to release large models, it can be said that Baidu has taken the lead in entering the deep-water area where large models have been implemented. And with its strong AI technical capabilities, rich industry experience, huge user scale, and complete ecological construction, I believe Baidu will usher in a new round of leaps in the era of the explosion of AI native applications.
