BEIJING: Alibaba said on Monday it will spend 3 billion yuan ($431 million) to attract users to its Qwen AI app during the upcoming Lunar New Year holiday, intensifying competition among China’s leading tech firms. The spending pledge, triple the amounts announced by rivals Tencent and Baidu, will begin on February 6 and include incentives […]
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Baidu unveils low-cost AI models to challenge DeepSeek
Baidu has launched new low-cost AI models, including the X1 reasoning model and an updated Ernie 4.5, to compete in China’s AI race. The company claims X1 performs similarly to DeepSeek’s model but at a lower cost. Additionally, Baidu announced that Ernie Bot, previously available only through paid subscriptions, will now be free for individual […]