Releases
81 matching — model launches, API releases, product updates, financial events and news.
August 20211
Aug 18, 2021
Kunlun II enters mass productionProduct launch
Baidu said its second-generation Kunlun AI chip had entered mass production.
July 20211
Jul 6, 2021
ERNIE 3.0 research releasedResearch paper
Baidu published its unified framework for knowledge-enhanced language understanding and generation.
March 20211
Mar 23, 2021
Baidu completes Hong Kong secondary listingIPO
Baidu's Class A ordinary shares began trading on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange under 9888.
October 20201
Oct 10, 2020
Apollo Go opens robotaxi service to Beijing publicProduct launch
Baidu opened Apollo Go autonomous ride-hailing to public users in Beijing.
January 20201
2020
PaddleNLP toolkit launchesSDK release
Baidu released its open NLP development library for PaddlePaddle.
August 20191
Aug 2019
PaddleOCR project launchesSDK release
Baidu released an open OCR toolkit built on PaddlePaddle.
July 20191
Jul 29, 2019
ERNIE 2.0 research releasedResearch paper
Baidu published a continual pre-training framework for incremental multi-task learning.
March 20192
Mar 16, 2019
ERNIE 1.0 releasedModel release
Baidu released its first knowledge-enhanced language representation model.
Mar 16, 2019
ERNIE foundation-model family introducedResearch paper
Baidu introduced knowledge-enhanced pre-training through ERNIE.
July 20186
Jul 4, 2018
First-generation Kunlun chip announcedProduct launch
Baidu announced its first Kunlun AI accelerator for cloud and edge workloads.
Jul 4, 2018
Baidu announces Kunlun AI accelerator architectureProduct launch
Baidu introduced its in-house Kunlun AI computing architecture.
Jul 4, 2018
Baidu Machine Learning platform launchesProduct launch
Baidu launched a full-featured machine-learning platform for algorithm developers.
Jul 4, 2018
Apollo 3.0 releasedFeature update
Apollo 3.0 added production support for autonomous minibuses, delivery vehicles and valet parking.
Jul 4, 2018
Baidu AI Studio launchesProduct launch
Baidu launched a PaddlePaddle development and education platform for model building.
Jul 4, 2018
Baidu Brain 3.0 releasedFeature update
Baidu Brain 3.0 added multimodal semantic understanding and more than 110 AI capabilities.
April 20181
Apr 19, 2018
Apollo 2.5 releasedFeature update
Apollo 2.5 added high-speed-road support, lower costs, developer improvements and ApolloScape datasets.
January 20181
Jan 8, 2018
Apollo 2.0 releasedFeature update
Apollo 2.0 added cloud services, reference hardware and vehicle platforms for simple urban roads.
November 20172
Nov 16, 2017
DuerOS 2.0 releasedFeature update
Baidu upgraded DuerOS with expanded conversational AI capabilities.
Nov 2017
EasyDL no-code AI toolkit launchesProduct launch
Baidu launched a no-code interface for training and deploying custom AI models.
July 20171
Jul 5, 2017
Apollo Pilot introducedProduct launch
Baidu introduced a production-oriented intelligent-driving solution for automakers.
April 20171
Apr 19, 2017
Project Apollo announcedProduct launch
Baidu announced its open autonomous-driving platform.
January 20172
Jan 5, 2017
Xiaodu assistant debuts with DuerOSProduct launch
Baidu introduced its voice-assistant experience powered by DuerOS.
Jan 5, 2017
DuerOS launchesProduct launch
Baidu introduced its conversational AI operating system for devices and services.
September 20162
Sep 2016
Baidu Brain open AI platform launchesProduct launch
Baidu launched its core AI technology engine and open-capability platform.
Sep 2016
PaddlePaddle open-sourcedOpen weights
Baidu opened PaddlePaddle to the global developer community for deep learning, vision, speech and NLP.

