I didn't expect it! Baidu and Shang Tang were the first to obtain a “license” for the big model. After approval, they will open services to the public one after another starting August 31. Also receiving the first batch were Douyin and other non-leading companies. Ali Tongyi Qianwen, 360 Smart Brain, and InfoFly Spark were not even on the first batch of approved companies.
ChatGPT came out of nowhere last year, disrupted many of our perceptions and imaginations, and brought big models to life.Since this year, the most exciting thing in the entire tech community has been the release of big models.Since Baidu took the lead in posting Wenxin's words in March, Ali, iFLY, 360, and Tencent have followed suit. In July, Huawei, JD, and Ctrip also held a press conference, albeit late. According to statistics, in the first half of this year, more than 400 new models were released globally.By the end of May 2023, at least 79 domestic basic large-scale models with a parameter scale of 1 billion or more had been announced.
The industry generally believes that Baidu, Ali, Tencent, and Huawei are currently in the first tier, and that their comprehensive strength is the strongest. JD, ByteDance, and iFLYTECH ranked in the second tier, focusing on business-level models; 360, Ctrip, and NetEase are still in the exploration stage; Meituan and Xiaomi have yet to release big models.In this article, let's take stock of the latest situation of some of the leading companies in the “Battle of the 100 Models”:
Baidu - Wenxin in a word
Baidu has always liked to be the first to eat crab. It was the first company in China to launch a chatbot product and open closed beta. It is a tough ChatGPT company.As a domestic...