ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>Tom’s Hardware: ERNIE 4.5 AI model by Baidu claims to match DeepSeek R1 at half the cost. “Baidu, the Chinese technology giant, has announced the release of two advanced artificial intelligence (AI) models: ERNIE 4.5 (Enhanced Representation through Knowledge Integration) and ERNIE X1. The company also announced that its conversational AI platform, ERNIE Bot, is now freely accessible to all […]</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/19/toms-hardware-ernie-4-5-ai-model-by-baidu-claims-to-match-deepseek-r1-at-half-the-cost/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/19/toms-hardware-ernie-4-5-ai-model-by-baidu-claims-to-match-deepseek-r1-at-half-the-cost/</a></p>