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.

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. Baidu's shares surged last week ...

Baidu is going after its fellow Chinese rival, DeepSeek, launching a reasoning model it claims is as good as DeepSeek R1 but far cheaper. The new Baidu reasoning model, Ernie X1, was also ...

Baidu said in March that its recent ERNIE X1 model delivers performance on par with DeepSeek's R1 "at only half the price." Baidu's CEO, Robin Li, hinted earlier this year that the roll-out would ...

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.

China's biggest public AI drop since DeepSeek, Baidu's open source Ernie, is about to hit the market By Kevin Williams, CNBC • Published June 29, 2025 • Updated on June 30, 2025 at 10:35 am ...