Beijing Business News (Reporter Wei Wei) On October 22, Baidu released the "Baidu Top Ten Technological Frontier Inventions in 2024", including agent technology based on generative large models, multi-model co-evolution technology based on large model efficient training framework, An intelligent system integrating multi-modal content creation and compilation based on large models and knowledge retrieval enhancement technology.
Wang Haifeng, chief technology officer of Baidu, said that cutting-edge inventions not only support Baidu to improve its own products, business results and efficiency, but also contribute to the native reconstruction of Baidu's product AI and empower thousands of industries with artificial intelligence. Since entering the AI field in 2013, Baidu has invested nearly 170 billion yuan in R&D in the past ten years. According to the "New Generation Artificial Intelligence Patent Technology Analysis Report" released by the National Industrial Information Security Development Research Center and the Electronic Intellectual Property Center of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology in April this year, as of the end of 2023, Baidu had applied for 19,308 patents in the entire field of artificial intelligence and granted 9,260 patents. Baidu has ranked first in China for six consecutive years; in the new generation AI field with large models as the core, Baidu applied for 1,432 patents and authorized 651, becoming a leader in technological innovation and patent layout.
According to an insight into the generative artificial intelligence patent landscape released by the patent database organization IFIclaims, Baidu's generative artificial intelligence patent applications are among the top ten in the world. It is the only Chinese innovation entity to enter the list, and its patented technology covers text, images, voice, and video. Four basic fields, becoming one of the four companies in the world with comprehensive layout in these four fields.