China's Baidu to make latest Ernie AI model open-source

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China's Baidu to make latest Ernie AI model open-source as competition heats up
Chinese search engine giant Baidu 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.
Baidu to open-source its Ernie large language model series
Reuters reported that the initiative centers on an upcoming family of Ernie models dubbed the Ernie 4.5 series. Baidu will start rolling out the LLM series to users in the coming months and plans to open-source its code on June 30.
Baidu to open source it’s latest Ernie AI model amid rising competition
Baidu, the leading Chinese search engine company, will make its artificial intelligence model Ernie open-source to users starting June 30.
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