Baidu launches two new versions of its AI Model Ernie

The Chinese search engine Baidu launches two new AI – Ernie 4.5 models, the smallest version of the company’s fundamental model First released two years agoAs well as a new model for reasoning, Ernie X1.

According to ReutersBaidu claims that the performance of the Ernie X1 is “on an equal footing with Deepseek R1 at half the price”, and it is given to Ernie 4.5’s High EQ, which allows the model to understand memory and satire. Both models have multimodal capabilities, allowing them to process videos, images and audio, as well as text.

While Baidu was one of the first Chinese companies to launch Openai’s Chatgpt competitor, he struggles to struggle to find wide acceptance. Meanwhile, the previously mentioned depepeek the above mentioned Restless American AI companies And investors by launching models that at first glance were just as powerful at a much smaller price.

CNBC earlier reports that Baidu plans to release its next generation modelErnie 5, later this year, with additional multimodal improvements.