Baidu to open source it’s latest Ernie AI model amid rising competition
Baidu, the leading Chinese search engine company, will make its artificial intelligence model Ernie open-source to users starting June 30. Robin Li, Baidu’s CEO, has long favored closed-source models.
China's Baidu to make latest Ernie AI model open-source as competition heats up
BEIJING (Reuters) -Chinese search engine giant Baidu said on Friday it would make its next-generation artificial intelligence model Ernie open-source from June 30, a major shift in strategy as competition heats up.
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Baidu to make Ernie AI model open-source from end of June
China's Baidu said on Friday that it would make the next-generation artificial intelligence model Ernie open-source from June 30. (Reporting by Beijing newsroom; Editing by
Baidu to open-source its Ernie large language model series
Reuters reported that the initiative centers on an upcoming family of Ernie models dubbed the Ernie 4.5 series. Baidu will start rolling out the LLM series to users in the coming months and plans to open-source its code on June 30.
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Between DeepSeek R1 and Alibaba's Qwen range, China's open-source AI scene is flourishing. Baidu plans to embrace the movement by making Ernie open-source. The move
Baidu makes ‘Ernie Bot’ free from April 1 as AI competition intensifies in China
Baidu is making a strategic move to strengthen its position in China’s artificial intelligence race by making its chatbot, Ernie Bot, free to all users starting April 1. The decision signals a shift in the company’s approach as it grapples with intensifying competition from emerging players like DeepSeek and ByteDance’s Doubao.
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