CHINA'S BIGGEST PUBLIC AI DROP SINCE DEEPSEEK, BAIDU'S OPEN SOURCE ERNIE, IS ABOUT TO HIT THE MARKET

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Chinese technology giant Baidu plans to make its Ernie generative AI large language model open source. The open sourcing will be a gradual roll-out. Disruptors like DeepSeek have proven that open-source models can be as competitive and reliable as proprietary ones. Baidu's decision to open source is an important one for the global AI race - every time a major lab open-sources a powerful model, it raises the bar for the entire industry.