Xiadu is an AI smart assistant owned by Baidu. With Xiaodu AI Smart Assistant (DuerOS) as the core and hardware as the important carrier, it is deployed across scenarios and aims to provide mass users with more accurate features in different scenarios. , convenient and diverse AI intelligent services. The reasons why it is called Xiaodu are as follows:
1. "Du" is Baidu's corporate brand. Baidu named its smart assistant "Xiaodu" in the hope of strengthening the promotion and marketing of the brand and further improving the The company's reputation and competitiveness in the field of artificial intelligence;
2. In order to improve the naturalness and interactivity of human-computer interaction, Baidu links "degree" with "dialogue". The "Du" in the name represents "owner", which represents the establishment of a relationship and the beginning of communication, while "Xiaodu" is a vivid and cute character that is easier for people to accept and like.