For a company long defined by proprietary development, this move is a symbol of a broader technological undercurrent sweeping ...

According to a CNBC report, Baidu’s open-source Ernie is viewed as a “threat” to US OpenAI, Anthropic and the Chinese rival DeepSeek. Tian noted that Chinese tech firms are embracing open-source ...

Baidu open-sourced 10 variants from its Ernie 4.5 multimodal model family, from the 0.3 billion parameter lightweight models to the heavyweight 424 billion parameter ones, according to a statement.

Then in March, Baidu launched Ernie 4.5 and its X1 reasoning model, with prices much lower than any of its rivals. It followed later that month by releasing “Turbo” versions of both models and ...

Chinese technology giant Baidu said on Monday it will make its Ernie generative AI large language model (LLM) open-source amid an increasingly fierce AI competition in the world.

Baidu, China’s dominant search engine, has leveraged its platform to develop and deploy advanced AI models—like ERNIE 4.5 and ERNIE X1—as well as autonomous driving technology through its ...