Baidu opens up its DuerOS digital assistant technology to the global market.

At the Baidu World Conference held on November 13th, Baidu announced that its digital-person technology, Hui Bo Xing, is now open to the world. Baidu's founder, Robin Li, stated that digital persons are essentially a fundamental technology, and even a new universal interactive interface in the AI era. During this year's "Double 11" shopping festival, Hui Bo Xing's digital person brought in a 91% increase in Gross Merchandise Volume (GMV) year-over-year, with a 119% growth in the number of live broadcasting rooms opened, and 83% of the live broadcasting hosts using digital persons.