Chinese search giant Baidu has said it will make its Ernie generative AI large language model open source on June 30, a threat to OpenAI, Anthropic and its own Chinese rival DeepSeek.

As for Baidu’s other model, Ernie 4.5, it’s a more standardized, ... Even Baidu has adopted DeepSeek R1, iterating the reasoning model with its iconic search engine.

Baidu made its AI model Ernie 4.5 open source, inspired by DeepSeek's success. CEO Robin Li previously said closed-source models were more powerful and economical.

AI giants Baidu, OpenAI offer their chatbots for free in response to DeepSeek’s advance. ... charging users from up to 59.9 yuan ($8.2) a month. Ernie Bot has amassed 430 million users as of ...

Chinese tech giant Baidu to release next-generation AI model this year as DeepSeek shakes up market By Evelyn Cheng, CNBC • Published February 11, 2025 • Updated on February 12, 2025 at 12:07 am ...

By John Liu, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Chinese internet search giant Baidu will make its advanced AI chatbot services free, as competition heats up among global developers following the surging ...

Chinese search giant Baidu has said it will make its Ernie generative AI large language model open source on June 30, a threat to OpenAI, Anthropic and its own Chinese rival DeepSeek.

Hong Kong (CNN) — Chinese internet search giant Baidu will make its advanced AI chatbot services free, as competition heats up among global developers following the surging popularity of startup ...