In early April, Xiao Ying and her husband embarked on a flight from Beijing to Geneva, beginning their honeymoon in the picturesque cities of Switzerland. The flight, which had been suspended during the COVID-19 pandemic, resumed operations in February 2023, marking a significant revival in tourism for Chinese travellers.
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Baidu's CEO, Robin Li, calls for faster advancement in AI technology and expresses skepticism towards the timing of Artificial General Intelligence.
Alibaba Cloud has slashed the fees for using its generative artificial intelligence models by up to 97 per cent, a week after ByteDance launched a rival service that costs less than most competitors.
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AI models have now become the new battleground in China's tech industry, with the four leading giants—Baidu, Alibaba, Tencent, and JD, or BATJ for short—all seeking to increase AI penetration and monetize traffic. In addition to search, video and text generation, AI is driving growth for these four giants as they use AI for ad placements.