Stay up to date with the latest Baidu Ernie Bot updates, new features, and improvements. Here's what changed in 2026.
ERNIE X1 reasoning model launched in March 2025 to compete directly with DeepSeek R1 and OpenAI o1, priced at half of DeepSeek R
Baidu announced plans to open
source the ERNIE
5 model series by mid
2025 and made the consumer Ernie Bot completely free (removing the prior ¥
9/month subscription) to accelerate user growth amid competition from DeepSeek, Alibaba's Qwen, and ByteDance's Doubao.
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Changelog last updated March 2026