百度第二季度盈利疲软,因为人工智能的变现仍然缓慢

币界网Pubblicato 2024-08-22Pubblicato ultima volta 2024-08-22

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由于中国巨头百度未能利用人工智能,百度第二季度的营收从341亿元下降0.4%,至339亿元。该公司将此归因于中国经济危机期间从搜索广告转向人工智能。

该公司报告称,该期间净收入为55亿元,而预计为50.6亿元。该公司的股票在盘前交易中温和增长了1%。业绩下降凸显了百度在将其在生成人工智能方面的领先地位转化为可观收入方面所经历的考验。

百度可能需要时间来摆脱广告

尽管与阿里巴巴集团控股有限公司(Alibaba Group Holding Limited)和腾讯控股有限公司(Tencent Holdings Ltd.)等实体发生了人工智能价格战,但百度的大型语言模型“Ernie”极大地刺激了该公司在广告和云服务方面的销售额。

人们担心,这家总部位于北京的实体需要一段时间才能从依赖广告转型。自中国经历新冠肺炎疫情以来,广告业本身一直呈下降趋势。

“百度的业务似乎正处于十字路口。其人工智能举措并没有带来预期的结果,成为百度的增长动力,而中国的经济衰退进一步阻碍了其搜索广告的增长。”TH Data Capital分析师田厚。

与此同时,中国正面临着无数长期的经济问题,包括房地产危机和青年就业,这些问题已经损害了商业和客户支出。

百度面临来自本土同行的激烈竞争

尽管盈利高于预期,但世界第二大经济体的科技公司一直处于经营边缘。百度是中国人工智能行业的领军企业。其人工智能模型——Ernie bot是OpenAI ChatGPT的本地替代品,后者在亚洲国家尚未正式推出。

该公司面临着来自腾讯和TikTok母公司Byte Dance等同行的激烈竞争。现在,腾讯、阿里巴巴和J.D com股份有限公司的结果显示,他们的运营存在漏洞,从支付到电子商务。

然而,百度创始人李彦宏乐观地认为,中国将发明一种与ChatGPT相当的产品。考虑到中国科技公司和新兴初创公司之间的利益冲突,这仍然是一项艰巨的任务。

据IDG称,百度仍然是一股不可忽视的力量,因为它在2023年从市场上获得了中国2.5亿美元生成人工智能的五分之一。

然而,考虑到今年豆瓣聊天机器人的影响力越来越大,这一地位正在迅速下降,豆瓣聊天机器人很可能会超越厄尼的声誉。

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