The Chinese tech company Baidu has launched two new AI models on the market. According to the company, these are a basic model called Ernie 4.5 and the Ernie X1 model, which focuses on logical thinking.
Ernie 4.5 and Ernie X1
Baidu: Chinese tech company launches new AI models
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According to the company, this should offer „the same performance“ as the Chinese chatbot DeepSeek, but cost „only half as much“.
The Chinese start-up DeepSeek caused a sensation at the beginning of the year with its chatbot. The company claimed to have developed a product at a fraction of the usual cost that was on a par with the competition from ChatGPT from US top dog OpenAI. This triggered a brief stock market tremor in the United States, as investors questioned the efficiency of US tech companies. The share price of chip manufacturer Nvidia briefly plummeted by 17%.
The internet company Baidu, based in Beijing, first became known in China for its search engine of the same name. Baidu is also a leader in the field of autonomous driving and operates a robotaxi division called Apollo. In 2023, Baidu launched the first version of the AI chatbot Ernie.
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