In the afternoon of that day, as the time for the press conference approached, Baidu's live channel began to play some background short films.

Basically, they were about the efforts and achievements that Baidu had made in recent years.

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In just a few minutes, there was also an advertisement inserted, which made Meng Fanqi speechless.

It seemed that they couldn't bear to earn even a penny less.

After waiting for a few more minutes on the poster screen that said "Baidu Real-time News Conference," the camera finally switched to the live scene.

At first, the whole venue was pitch black, and a large screen started playing an opening video with a black theme from the darkness.

It mainly started with pictographic characters, introducing the historical significance of graphic images to humanity.

With a series of dazzling historical events, accompanied by voiceovers narrating these stories, it ended with a phrase in the center of the screen.

"What does AI see in the world?"

"Now, please welcome the founder, chairman, and CEO of Baidu, Li Yanhong!"

The lights in the venue suddenly brightened, and Li Yanhong walked forward in a classic black suit and white shirt.

The recent progress in various negotiations had been very smooth, and they had even reached a cooperation agreement with a district in Yan Jing, the most important city in China. They would be able to start the trial soon.

Apart from some functions similar to road detection that still couldn't be solved, Li Yanhong had been quite successful recently.

"Respected guests, members of the media, and friends from the technology industry, welcome to Baidu and this Baidu Detection News Conference. Thank you all for your continuous attention and support."

"Since Baidu decided to invest heavily in AI a few years ago, people have been asking me when AI technology will be implemented and released."

"Throughout the journey, Baidu's choices have been questioned, not only externally but also internally, because the research and development costs of AI are quite high."

"But today, we are honored to announce that Baidu has already developed a very powerful function, which is fully practical and can be widely used. It is Baidu's latest real-time image and video detection technology, Baidu Detection."

Li Yanhong said this and switched the slide with a remote control. Behind him, a screen several meters high and dozens of meters wide displayed five themes that Baidu wanted to promote: "Smart Transportation," "Smart Industry," "Smart Healthcare," "Smart Security," and "Smart Living."

"Of course, I also need to thank our special researcher at Baidu Deep Learning Research Institute, Meng Fanqi." After briefly introducing the main application directions of the algorithm, Li Yanhong gave an advertisement for the algorithm's author, Meng Fanqi. Of course, he also indirectly praised Baidu.

Suddenly, on the invincible large widescreen behind them, Meng Fanqi and Li Yanhong's ID photos appeared side by side on the left, which was the one specially taken last time. On the right, there were some staged photos of the two discussing and communicating. Meng Fanqi blushed a little when he saw it.

"Meng has made great contributions to our algorithm product this time and basically completed the most critical part independently. We are very surprised and gratified to have such excellent technology. In the past period of time, we have conducted a lot of research based on the situations and needs of various industries."

"Now, we will use five demonstrations to show the huge potential and power of Baidu Detection in real life and work."

"Let's start with an example of smart transportation." Li Yanhong turned to the large screen and pointed to an image from the perspective inside a car. "As you can see, Baidu's detection algorithm can accurately identify traffic lights, speed limit signs, and various reminder signs. Compared to the traditional sensor-based autonomous driving method, it is gradually becoming possible to recognize road conditions through images." Li Yanhong actually wanted to put the government's demand as a demonstration, but unfortunately, after trying for several days, it ultimately failed. Therefore, he had to settle for second best and chose an autonomous driving scenario.

The effect was actually quite good.

"Let's look at another example of smart industry. We can quickly detect and count a large number of industrial materials, or perform specific types of inspections, such as defect detection, to assist in screening defective products."

In this regard, Baidu had preliminary cooperation with several metallurgical companies, and the initial experimental results were quite ideal.

As for smart healthcare, Li Yanhong started from the perspective of the heavy burden on medical workers and the large number of patients in China, proposing that Baidu Detection could greatly reduce the heavy workload of repetitive screenings.

"The progress in this area may not be so smooth," Meng Fanqi commented on the side. "After all, medical matters require a great deal of responsibility and face significant resistance."

Although there were numerous AI companies in the medical field a few years later, at the current stage, it still required a lengthy process of negotiation and push-and-pull.

"In terms of smart security, the Baidu Detection system can be widely used in various monitoring scenarios, providing reminders and alarms for specific objects and situations, which can save hundreds of times in manpower and energy."

"After our technology was launched, it happened to be used for the first time yesterday, assisting the Changping Sub-bureau of Yan Jing in solving an extremely heinous murder case."

Li Yanhong's expression carried some heaviness. "We sincerely hope that such functions will never be needed. But at the same time, we also need to ensure that once something happens, we can react quickly and not give the culprit any chance to escape."

"In this case, thanks to the help of Baidu Detection, the police were able to shorten the monitoring investigation work that originally took twenty to thirty hours to less than an hour. The culprit was captured within six hours of the report being filed.""I believe this is the best proof of Baidu's detection capabilities."

A thank-you letter from the Changping police appeared on the screen, which was more direct and effective than any case study or demonstration.

"At the same time, I hope everyone can pay attention to this case and provide some help to the living."

"Li Yanhong did a decent job with this." Mai Mang felt a slight relief upon seeing this. Mentioning this case in conjunction with new technology at Baidu's press conference would undoubtedly greatly increase public attention.

Although it's not ideal for the judiciary to be swayed by public opinion, many times there's no other choice. Without public opinion, it's hard to achieve justice.

Meanwhile, Director Tian Yunsheng was on a call with someone.

"Old Wang, you need to watch your words. The autopsy report will be issued by the corresponding forensic doctor. You can just go and see it yourself, why are you calling me?"

"You mentioning money is an insult to me. I hope you respect yourself." Tian Yunsheng hung up the phone righteously.

What a foolish businessman, not realizing how many people are watching this situation, still thinking about using some dirty money to smooth things over.

Even if you have money, you need to be alive to spend it, right?

With this thought, Director Tian closed the webpage of Baidu's press conference.