China\u2019s Baidu said on Sunday it has launched two new artificial intelligence models, including a new reasoning-focused model that it said rivalled DeepSeek\u2019s model, as it vies to stand out in a fiercely competitive AI race. Chinese AI startup DeepSeek\u2019s roll-out of AI models which it says is on par with, or even better than, industry-leading models in the United States at a fraction of the cost, has roiled the industry and re-energised the global AI race. \u201cERNIE X1 delivers performance on par with DeepSeek R1 at only half the price,\u201d Baidu said of one of the new models. The X1 has \u201cstronger understanding, planning, reflection, and evolution capabilities,\u201d Baidu said, adding that it is the first deep thinking model that uses tools autonomously. Baidu said its latest foundation model ERNIE 4.5 has \u201cexcellent multimodal understanding ability. It has more advanced language ability, and its understanding, generation, logic, and memory abilities are comprehensively improved.\u201d It also has \u201chigh EQ\u201d, and it is easy to understand network memes and satirical cartoons, Baidu said. One of China\u2019s earliest tech giants to launch a ChatGPT-style chatbot, Baidu has struggled to gain widespread adoption for its Ernie large language model, despite claiming performance comparable to OpenAI\u2019s GPT-4, amid fierce competition. Multimodal AI systems are capable of processing and integrating various types of data including text, video, images and audio, and can convert content across these formats.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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