Hot on the heels of launching its AI chatbot Ernie, China’s Baidu has now unveiled another large language model (LLM) with the aim of improving the digitization and intelligence of the healthcare industry. The new industry-grade AI model is called Lingyi (machine translation gives “Spiritual Doctor”) and it is currently available for trial use in both upstream and downstream healthcare sectors.

The LLM can generate structured medical records from free-text input and accurately analyze and generate patient complaints, medical histories, and more based on doctor-patient conversations. It can do simultaneous parsing of multiple Chinese and English medical literature articles, enabling intelligent question-answering based on the content of the literature.

When it comes to assisting in diagnosis and treatment, the Lingyi Large Model offers real-time understanding of a patient’s condition through multi-turn dialogues. It assists doctors in diagnosing diseases, and recommending treatment plans. It also serves as a 24-hour “healthcare manager” for patients and provides various capabilities to pharmaceutical companies, including professional training and medical information support, among others.

Currently, the Lingyi Large Model is available is offered in Lite, flagship, and custom versions, each tailored to different needs and application scenarios. Baidu will let partners access the large model through API integration or embed it as plugins into existing product systems.

ITHome reports Baidu has already partnered with companies like Gushengtang and Ling Jiashe and is selectively open to over 200 medical institutions, including public hospitals, pharmaceutical companies, internet hospital platforms, and chain pharmacies.

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