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Amasheya e-Baidu ehle ngamaphesenti ayi-10 ngoLwesine ngemva kokuba inkampani yokusesha iwebhu ibonise kuphela ividiyo erekhodiwe kusengaphambili ye-AI chatbot yayo u-Ernie ekukhululweni kokuqala komphakathi kwempendulo yaseChina ku-ChatGPT.
Inkampani yezobuchwepheshe ezinze eBeijing ithe u-Ernie uzolilungisa kabusha ibhizinisi lakhe futhi amasonto amaningi wakhuluma ngezinhlelo zokufaka ubuhlakani bokwenziwa enjinini yayo yokusesha neminye imikhiqizo.
Kodwa ngoLwesine, izigidi zabantu abebelalele umcimbi bebesele benombono omncane wokuthi ingabe i-chatbot ka-Baidu ingaqhudelana ne-ChatGPT.
Phakathi nengqungquthela yezindaba eshicilelwe kakhulu nelindelwe ngabomvu ka-Ernie, umsunguli we-Baidu u-Robin Li wema eduze kwesikrini sengxoxo esivulekile, elandisa imibuzo eyayibhalwe ngaphambili ku-chatbot. Uvumile ukuthi inkampani ibikhombisa idemo yobuchwepheshe ebibulungise phambilini.
U-Li uthe abanye abasebenzisi maduze bazokwazi ukuhlola u-Ernie bodwa kodwa akazange anikeze umugqa wesikhathi wokukhishwa okugcwele komphakathi. Inkampani iqala ngokukhishwa komphakathi okulinganiselwe kozakwethu bebhizinisi.
Ukwethulwa okuhleliwe kuka-Ernie kuza njengoba amaqembu ase-US afana ne-OpenAI ne-Google eqhubeka nokuthuthuka ekuthuthukiseni i-AI ekhiqizayo. I-OpenAI kuleli sonto ikhiphe i-GPT-4, imodeli yayo yakamuva ye-AI ethi ingahlula abantu abathile ezivivinyweni ezinzima ezifana nokuhlolwa kwebha yase-US.
I-Microsoft ihlanganisa i-GPT-4 ku-Bing neminye imikhiqizo, kuyilapho izinkampani zase-US zihlola ubuchwepheshe ezindaweni zazo zokusebenza kanye nemikhiqizo.
Cishe wonke umdondoshiya wezobuchwepheshe waseShayina ugijimela ukukhipha inguqulo yasekhaya ye-ChatGPT, abahlaziyi bethi bakholelwa ukuthi iminyaka ka-Baidu yokutshala imali ku-AI kanye nokuthuthukiswa kobuchwepheshe bokufunda ulimi lwemvelo kuye kwanikeza iqembu ukuhola kusenesikhathi.
“Kwesinye isikhathi uma siyisebenzisa siyamangala, kwesinye isikhathi singacabanga ukuthi kunephutha elisobala,” kusho uLi etshela izethameli. “Kodwa into eyodwa eqinisekile, ithuthuka ngokushesha okukhulu.”
Nokho, ukudumala kubonakale ekuphawuleni okubukhoma okuthunyelwe abantu abaningi kwabayizigidi ezi-2 ababukele inkulumo ka-Li ohlelweni lwezokuxhumana lwe-WeChat. Akuzange kuthathe isikhathi eside ukuthi kube nezimpendulo ngomzuzu nomzuzu mayelana nokwehla kwenani lesheya le-Baidu ukuze kulawule okuphakelayo.
“Ikhono layo elinamandla kakhulu lokuqonda nokuveza ulimi lizovumela noma iyiphi inkampani ukuthi isondele kumakhasimende ayo,” kusho uLi. “Yithuba layo yonke inkampani futhi lizoba nomthelela kuwo wonke umuntu.”
Ekupheleni komboniso wemizuzu engama-45, ikhorasi yabasebenzisi be-WeChat ingene ngokuhlukahluka kokuthi: “Yilokho nje?” Abasebenzi ababili bakwa-Baidu bathe baphoxeke ngendlela efanayo ngokukhishwa.
Izinyanga, inkampani iphambukise izinsiza zangaphakathi ekwakheni u-Ernie, kusho abantu ababili, okuhlanganisa nokubeka kabusha iningi lamaseva e-Baidu asebenzisa ama-chips we-Nvidia we-A100 anamandla eqenjini le-AI.
Ukukhishwa kwe-OpenAI kwe-ChatGPT ngoNovemba odlule kwakubambe u-Baidu engalindele, abantu ababili abasondelene nemizamo ye-AI yenkampani bathi, beqaphela ukuthi babengakholelwa ukuthi iqembu lase-US linobuchwepheshe obuphakeme kakhulu kuze kube yileso sikhathi.
Ukwethulwa kwayo kuhlelwe ukuthi i-Baidu igijime ukuze ibambe futhi yenze inqubo enzima yokuhlela kahle u-Ernie ngempendulo yomuntu, isinyathelo esibalulekile sokuthuthukisa ukunemba nokushelela kwe-ChatGPT, kusho abantu abasondelene ne-Baidu.
Uhlelo lokuqeqesha ludinga abantu ukuthi balinganise izinkulungwane zezimpendulo ezinikezwa amamodeli e-AI, okubasiza ukuthi bathole amaphuzu aphezulu kancane futhi bathuthuke. Omunye wabasebenzi uthe ukushoda kwe-OpenAI kokudalulwa komphakathi kokuthi ikwenze kanjani ukuqeqeshwa kusho ukuthi ithimba lika-Baidu kumele lizihlole ngokwalo.
Iqembu lase-US liphinde lathi ngeke limemezele imininingwane mayelana nokusekela kwezobuchwepheshe kwe-GPT-4, ushintsho olusuka kumamodeli wangaphambilini afana ne-GPT-3, lapho lishicilele khona ulwazi oluthile.
“Singakwazi ukuhlola sodwa kuphela. Ukuqeqesha i-ChatGPT kuthathe i-OpenAI isikhathi esingaphezu konyaka, futhi kwabathatha omunye unyaka ukushuna i-GPT-4,” kusho omunye umsebenzi wakwa-Baidu. “Kusho ukuthi sisele ngeminyaka emibili.”
U-Baidu akazange aphendule ngokushesha esicelweni sokuphawula.
Umbiko owengeziwe ka-Nian Liu e-Beijing.
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