China’s Ernie X1 Challenges America’s AI Industry: Baidu’s New AI Model Raises Competition Concerns
Baidu, the leading Chinese tech company, has launched two new AI models called Ernie X1 and Ernie 4.5. These models offer competitive performance at lower prices compared to OpenAI and DeepSeek’s offerings. Ernie X1 is touted as delivering similar reasoning capabilities to DeepSeek R1 at half the cost, while Ernie 4.5 reportedly outperforms OpenAI’s GPT-4.5 ...