百度小魚在家達成戰略合作 推出人工智能數字助理

Chinese search giant Baidu has unveiled an AI digital assistant.

中國搜索引擎巨頭百度於日前發佈了一款人工智能數字助理。

Xiaoyu Zaijia - or Little Fish - responds to voice commands using a combination of pictures, text and speech. Unlike many rival AIs it is dependant on a touchscreen.

和許多同行競爭對手依賴觸屏不同，這款小魚在家機器人能結合圖像、文字和語言迴應聲音指令。

It can answer questions, find local services, play music, make video calls and control smart home devices.

它具備回答問題、尋找本地服務、播放音樂、視頻通話和控制智能家居設備等功能。

Baidu Chief Scientist Andrew Ng said that artificial intelligence is "the new electricity".

百度首席技術官吳恩達表示，人工智能是一項“新的電子革命”。

"AI has been growing steadily", he told the BBC at the CES tech show in Las Vegas. "Those of us on the inside feel the acceleration now but we have been feeling it for the last decade."

在拉斯維加斯舉辦的2017國際消費類電子展上，吳恩達向BBC透露：“人工智能技術一直在穩步增長。我們這些人的內心現在就能感受到過去10年來的那種快速發展。”

"Just as 100 years ago the electrification of our society transformed industry after industry, I think AI tech has now reached that stage."

“正如100年前社會電氣化爲各行各業帶來了變革一樣，我認爲人工智能技術現在也到了這個階段。”

Existing digital assistants such as the Amazon's Alexa and Google Assistant are not screen-dependant but can be used by voice alone. Apple's Siri, however, continues to rely on a display to provide some of its information.

當前市場上的一些數字助理，比如亞馬遜的Alexa和谷歌助理並不帶有攝像頭，只能用聲音對話。不過，蘋果的Siri仍是依靠顯示器提供一些信息。

Little Fish will launch initially in China in March 2017 and currently only recognises Chinese languages. Baidu has not yet set a price.

小魚在家機器人預計最早將於今年3月在中國推出，目前只能識別中文。百度方面尚未確定其售價。