The Baidu executive team has been somewhat turbulent recently. On March 12th, Baidu announced that it had made internal adjustments. The Baidu Map Division went to Baidu's AI Technology Platform System (AIG), and Li Ying, Baidu's senior director, served as the general manager of the Map Division and reported to Vice President Wang Haifeng. Manager Li Dongyi will leave Baidu in the near future for personal reasons. Li Dongyi joined Baidu in 2005 and is responsible for the management of Baidu Maps, the mobile portal application team and the user experience design team. Baidu's evaluation is: Leading the team in Baidu's mobile product development, application distribution capabilities, and ecological construction continue to explore and Practice, become the backbone of Baidu's mobile transformation process, and continue to promote rapid business iteration and development. Baidu said that the above adjustments are 'for optimization, integrating organizational resources, increasing synergies, and using AI technology to enhance the map business. In the future, Baidu Maps will better integrate Baidu’s AI capabilities and provide users with more excellence through collaboration and innovation. Experience. As the core infrastructure of the AI era, Baidu Maps will also provide Baidu business lines with more data services for all walks of life!' On the other hand, the transformation of the map division into the AI technology platform system or high-precision maps is also an important auxiliary role for autonomous driving. It is understood that the Baidu map division has two systems: high-precision maps and ordinary maps. The high-precision map is an important part of self-driving cars to help autopilot cars to understand the surrounding information.
At the CES show, Baidu’s chief operating officer Lu Qi once stated that the HD map business that escorts autonomous vehicles is much longer than Baidu’s current search business. In the long term, Lu Qi believes that Baidu will use HD maps as A service is sold to customers, such as car manufacturers. For car manufacturers, they may charge users for this service fee, or incorporate this part of the cost into the overall cost of the vehicle.
In addition to the above adjustments, Baidu search company also recently fell into a wave of high-level turnover. Currently, Hu Bai, general manager of Baidu Post Bar Business Unit, and Lu Pengjun, senior director of Baidu search advertising, have been confirmed to be leaving. There are also 'Lee Beast' Li Jing and Baidu's 'two hands' to Hai Long.
On the morning of March 12th, Hu Hao said in a circle of friends, 'Finally left, this place once used to giggling and clamoring for the home.' She used to be the deputy general manager of Baidu’s Map Division and was transferred to Baidu Post Bar in 2016. Business Department General Manager.
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