After DeepSeek shocked Wall Street, China’s Baidu anniversary efforts to launch AI and the next-generation Ernie 5.0 in the second half of 2025 were launched, China’s Baidu prepared for the Ernie 5.0 launch in the second half of 2025. NVDA), Baidu (NASDAQ: BIDU)

Faced with rising competition in the artificial intelligence (AI) market, Chinese technology giants, Baidu Byduready to launch its next-generation AI model later this year.

what happenedBAIDU will release the next version of its AI model, Ernie 5.0In the second half of 2025, CNBC reported on Thursday. This development is a destruction caused by new entrants DeepSeek In the AI ​​industry.

The upcoming model, called the “base model”, is expected to show significant improvements in multimodal functionality, enabling processing and conversion of various data types, including text, video, images and audio. Chinese AI chatbots from startups and high-tech companies such as Alibaba and Savage have surpassed Baidu’s Ernie, even though it was one of the first to launch.

The current 4th generation of Ernie Model, unveiled in October 2023, followed by an upgraded “Turbo” version of Ernie 4.0, August 2024. at the same time, WeChat Bloomberg reported that the postal insurance company released today also said that Bloomberg reported that existing chatbots will be available to individual users for free. This will be accompanied by free advanced search features to provide improved reasoning skills and seamless tool integration to deliver expert-level responses.

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Why it matters: The launch of BAIDU’s next-generation AI model is at a critical moment, with Chinese companies striving to create advanced AI models for competing OpenAI and other American companies. Baidu CEO at the World Government Summit in Dubai on Tuesday Robin Lee Although AI models such as DeepSeek are cost-effective, they emphasize the importance of ongoing investment in data centers and cloud infrastructure.

He highlighted the potential of reducing costs in the underlying model, noting: “Inference Costs [of foundation models] It can basically be reduced by more than 90% in 12 months. ” said Li.

The CEO highlighted the need for more investment to develop smarter models, a statement for creating language models executed in the context of DeepSeek endorsed by the creation of a top-level system like OpenAI’s GPT, but requires less computing power.

On Tuesday, Barclays maintained its “equal weight” rating on Baidu stock, but raised its stock target from $83 to $95 as part of a reevaluation of China’s broad ADR.

The launch of the DeepSeek revolutionary R1 model shocked the U.S. stock market in late January. Nasdaq lost 3.1%, indicating its highest one-day percentage decline since December 18, while Chip Giant is Nvidia NVDA Losed nearly $600 billion in market value.

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