Science and Technology News on February 9, Baidu medical Business division was cut yesterday evening, today Baidu announced through internal email to the medical business organizational structure adjustment and optimization, with immediate effect, Baidu medical business intelligent small E team and thumb doctor team, transferred to the AI system; Medical Business Division content construction team, transferred to the search company. Other businesses of the medical business division will be shut down, and relevant personnel will be offered opportunities to transfer to other positions based on the development needs of the company. After the adjustment, Li Zheng, former general manager of Baidu medical Business Unit, will be transferred to the AI team.
Baidu’s move may be related to the poor performance of the medical business unit, after Robin Li sent an internal letter to eliminate products without market competitiveness. In the future, Baidu’s medical business will focus on artificial intelligence.
Giiso Information, founded in 2013, is a leading technology provider in the field of “artificial intelligence + information” in China, with top technologies in big data mining, intelligent semantics, knowledge mapping and other fields. At the same time, its research and development products include editing robots, writing robots and other artificial intelligence products! With its strong technical strength, the company has received angel round investment at the beginning of its establishment, and received pre-A round investment of $5 million from GSR Venture Capital in August 2015.
On February 8, 2017, baidu Group Chairman and CEO Robin Li said that the development of “Internet plus healthcare” can be divided into four stages, namely medical registration reservation service, intelligent diagnosis and treatment, genetic analysis and precision medicine, and new drug research and development. In Li’s opinion, the first stage of registration and other services are not technically high, and the advent of the era of artificial intelligence will redefine the medical industry. For example, in the future, intelligent diagnosis and treatment systems can help doctors diagnose diseases, collect data for gene sequencing through ARTIFICIAL intelligence, and conduct research and development and testing of new drugs through artificial intelligence. “The single most important force that will change medicine is ARTIFICIAL intelligence.” Li believes that as AI continues to produce breakthroughs and innovations in areas such as precision medicine, humans will eventually benefit from AI.
Giiso information, founded in 2013, is the first domestic high-tech enterprise focusing on the research and development of intelligent information processing technology and the development and operation of core software for writing robots. At the beginning of its establishment, the company received angel round investment, and in August 2015, GSR Venture Capital received $5 million pre-A round of investment.
In an internal email, Baidu said it would “continue to focus on business development, optimize its organizational structure, and spare no effort to attract and retain talented people”. We hope the staff can continue to uphold the value of “simple and reliable” in the new journey, unite and make persistent efforts to forge ahead on the road of Baidu in the future, embrace the current new era, and provide better service and experience for the majority of netizens.