One of China’s so-called AI tigers has made big changes to its leadership and strategy this year.
Wang Xiaochuan, founder of Baichuan AI, speaks during the 2024 Inclusion Conference on the Bund in Shanghai, September 5, 2024. Credit: Xu Kangping/VCG via AP Images
China’s artificial intelligence sector has provided plenty of shocks this year. Its own companies are not immune to the industry’s rapid shifts.
Baichuan, a leading Chinese AI start-up, is one that has dramatically changed direction. Two of its co-founders resigned last week to start their own business, just months after another top executive left the multibillion dollar company.
In a post on X, Baichuan writes that Baichuan-Omni-1.5's "leading edge is even more pronounced in t
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