Baidu Says Its New AI Is Smarter Than DeepSeek's — And Costs Half As Much: 'Excellent Multimodal Understanding Ability'

As the AI race intensifies, Baidu, Inc. (NASDAQ:BIDU) has positioned itself as a serious contender by launching two new models it says rival top competitors. What Happened: On Sunday, Baidu unveiled ERNIE X1 and ERNIE 4.5, the latest iterations of its artificial intelligence models designed to…