Update: The story was updated to note that iRAG is a different type of text-to-image generation technology and that Miaoda is a no-code tool and not an agent. Baidu (NASDAQ:BIDU) unveiled several new AI applications and products,

Baidu is gunning for the AI-powered smart glasses market, going head-to-head with giants like Meta, Snap, and others. On Tuesday, during a Shanghai event, Baidu’s hardware brand Xiaodu’s head, Li Ying,

Meta’s Orion AR glasses are still being prototyped, while Baidu's take on the technology ships next year. Is Meta... Unready Player Two?

When the glasses start shipping sometime next year, they could become the Chinese consumers' alternative to Meta's and Snap's devices. Meta teamed up with Ray Ban a few years ago to release a pair of smart sunglasses that can livestream and send photos hands-free.

The AI-powered text-to-image generator, termed I-RAG, was revealed by Baidu's CEO Robin Li. It seeks to solve the problem of hallucination, a phenomena where AI creates replies with deceptive or non-existent parts.

Baidu (NASDAQ:BIDU) is planning to showcase its new smart glasses with a built-in AI assistant at its annual Baidu World event in Shanghai next week, a source told Bloomberg, as it looks to compete with Meta's (NASDAQ:META) Ray-Bans.