Chinese search engine giant ref=”dofollow” data-ga-onclick=”Inarticle articleshow link click#Tech#href” href=”https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/topic/baidu” target=”_blank”>Baidu said on Friday it would make its next-generation ref=”dofollow” data-ga-onclick=”Inarticle articleshow link click#Tech#href” href=”https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/topic/artificial-intelligence” target=”_blank”>artificial intelligence model ref=”dofollow” data-ga-onclick=”Inarticle articleshow link click#Tech#href” href=”https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/topic/ernie” target=”_blank”>Ernie open-source from June 30, a major shift in strategy as competition heats up.
Baidu CEO Robin Li had long advocated for closed-source models as the only viable path for ref=”dofollow” data-ga-onclick=”Inarticle articleshow link click#Tech#href” href=”https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/topic/ai” target=”_blank”>AI development, but the advent of DeepSeek has upended the sector. The startup offers open-source AI services that it claims are comparable in performance to U.S. pioneer OpenAI’s advanced systems but come with a lower operational cost.
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