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Title: Baidu announces its own pair of AI smart glasses

Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 14:30:44 +0000
Link: https://www.engadget.com/ai/baidu-announces-i...

Baidu, which is often called China's answer to Google, has launched its own
pair of AI-powered smart glasses at its annual World Conference event in
Shanghai. The device will run on the company's ERNIE generative AI technology
and was designed to "become a private assistant," according to the Financial
Times. Users will reportedly be able to interact with the device using their
voice and ask it questions about what it sees in their current environment.
They can also tell it to play music and even track their calories
consumption. And since the glasses are equipped with cameras, they can ask it
to snap photos or take videos.

When the glasses start shipping sometime next year, they could become the
Chinese consumers' alternative to Meta's and Snap's devices. Meta teamed up
with Ray Ban a few years ago to release a pair of smart sunglasses that can
livestream and send photos hands-free. Its latest model comes built-in with
Meta's generative AI assistant that users can talk to. However, the company's
device isn't officially sold in China, because its servers are blocked in the
country. Baidu has yet to announce how much its glasses would cost, but Meta
is selling its device for $299.

The Baidu World Conference had a huge focus on the company's AI efforts, as
it takes steps to make sure ERNIE can keep up with its competitors'
technologies. It also launched a new AI image generator called iRAG that
apparently experiences fewer hallucinations than its predecessor, along with
a tool that enables people to create software programs even if they don't
have coding expertise. According to The Times, ByteDance's Doubao is now the
leading AI chatbot in China based on monthly active users as observed by
Sensor Tower. ByteDance is also growing its hardware offerings and recently
launched a pair of earbuds with access to its AI assistant Doubao.

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