The Chinese Technology Company is expected to launch the next version of its model in the second half, Reuters a source with direct knowledge of the subject.
The new model, Ernie 5, will have multimodal features that will allow you to process and convert between different formats, including text, video, images and audio, published the CNBC.
Despite being among China’s pioneers in Ia after the debut of 2022, Baidu has faced difficulties to obtain a widespread adoption of its Ernie Large language model, even if the company claims that the latest version, Ernie 4, corresponds to OpenAi GPT-4 resources.
Technology Giant AI offers were behind Chinese competitors, including Chatbot Doubao, and the newcomer, in terms of adoption by users.
Baidu’s chief executive, Robin Li, said on Tuesday that the sudden emergence of DeepSeek demonstrated the unpredictable nature of innovation. “You just don’t know when and where innovations come from,” he said.
During the event, Li also said that investing in cloud computing data processing and infrastructure centers is still necessary, although DeepSeek challenges the cost of large AI models cost.
