China's Baidu to make latest Ernie AI model open-source as competition heats up.
China's Baidu to make latest Ernie AI model open-source as competition heats up.
Chinese search engine giant Baidu, opens new tab 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.
DeepSeek_R1 was a wake up call for them, as they acknowledge their model, like others, is now outdated :