'Difficulties on the road to AI': man pours water on Baidu chief at conference

SHANGHAI/BEIJING - A man poured a bottle of water over Baidu Inc Chief Executive Robin Li on Wednesday at the opening of an annual conference for the Chinese search giant.

Baidu's co-founder and CEO Robin Li delivers a keynote speech at the opening session of Baidu's annual AI developers conference Baidu Create 2019 in Beijing, China, July 3, 2019. REUTERS/Yilei Sun Li was speaking of applications for artificial intelligence in a speech when the young man approached him, spilled the liquid over Li’s head, and walked away.“There are many difficulties on the road to achieve AI, but it will not impact Baidu’s determination,” Li calmly said to the applause of the audience.The incident took place at the start of Baidu Create 2019, a yearly gathering where the company shows off its advances in AI.

The identity and motive of the man who poured the water were not known and he could not be reached for comment. The company later said the someone had “poured cold water” on AI but it would press forward and never change.The company faced a major public backlash in 2016 when a Chinese student died after seeking a medical treatment advertised on Baidu’s search pages.Some commentators made fun of the incident on the Weibo social media platform.Reporting by Josh Horwitz and Yilei Sun; Editing by Robert Birsel

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