Chinese search giant Baidu has said it will make its Ernie generative AI large language model open source on June 30, a threat to OpenAI, Anthropic and its own Chinese rival DeepSeek.

The Nvidia chief’s praise for Chinese companies suggests a recognition of their growing influence in the global AI ecosystem.

According to the report, Baidu has open-sourced 10 variants from its Ernie 4.5 multimodal model family. Its open-source models are now accessible from Hugging Face, the world’s largest open ...

By going down the open-source route, Baidu may also be able to sidestep U.S. sanctions on China, as it will be able to leverage the expertise of AI contributors from all over the world.

Beijing-based Baidu, one of the earliest tech firms in China to develop LLMs, has made a U-turn by making its models open source.

Baidu and Huawei announced the open-sourcing of their proprietary large language models on June 30, 2025, signaling a strategic shift in China's AI landscape. The move reflects a growing push to ...

Baidu goes open source. While the change could not be as monumental as the arrival of DeepSeek, it could have major ramifications for AI. “This isn’t just a China story," Sean Ren, associate ...

On June 30, Alibaba (NYSE: BABA) shares slipped 1.4% premarket after Baidu announced it would open-source its Ernie AI model—introducing new pressure in China’s fast-moving AI race. While ...

Kimi K2 reflects a broader trend in the AI sector towards open-source development to improve efficiency and gain wider ...

Huawei has open-sourced more of its AI models. Tech experts say it’ll help the U.S.-blacklisted company continue to expand throughout the AI ecosystem.