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Friday, November 10, 2017

Baidu Launches Conversational OS

Ultimately it will be system that can natural converse with us that will be AI.  Not just systems that can recognize language, but systems that can carry on an ongoing, intelligent, useful dialog based on changing context.  Still not done by the assistants out there.  Work by Baidu below is of interest, is this beyond just natural language processing?   See also work by Facebook.

Baidu launches new operating system dedicated to conversational AI   By Duncan Riley in SiliconAngle

Chinese search giant Baidu Inc. today officially launched a new operating system dedicated to advancing conversational artificial intelligence capabilities, as the company aims to take on similar efforts from competitors such as Google Inc.

Called the “Duer OS Prometheus Project,” the operating system is a conversation-based AI platform that is already providing conversational support to 10 major domains and more than 100 subdomains in China. Launched in beta at the beginning of the year, the code base is claimed to be the top choice already for third-party hardware manufacturers in China in areas such as TV settop boxes, storytelling machines and smart speakers that are seeking Mandarin language voice recognition support.   .... " 

See more on Baidu and related assistants relating Dialog based AI in this blog.  Updated frequently.

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