🇨🇳 Baidu releases ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview, with open weights promised under Apache 2.0
Baidu launched ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview, the first post-trained model built on its ERNIE 5.5 Flash Base. It has 280B total parameters (14B active) and a 1-million-token context, and targets coding, 3D modeling, knowledge work and content creation. Baidu's demos include a full Unreal Engine 5.8 game written in C++ in a single 11-hour task. The API is live on Baidu's Qianfan platform, and the weights will be open-sourced under Apache 2.0, which Chinese media report will happen by November 25.
⭐ Another big Chinese lab is going open-weight with a permissive license, adding pressure on closed Western models on price and access.
#AI
Baidu launched ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview, the first post-trained model built on its ERNIE 5.5 Flash Base. It has 280B total parameters (14B active) and a 1-million-token context, and targets coding, 3D modeling, knowledge work and content creation. Baidu's demos include a full Unreal Engine 5.8 game written in C++ in a single 11-hour task. The API is live on Baidu's Qianfan platform, and the weights will be open-sourced under Apache 2.0, which Chinese media report will happen by November 25.
⭐ Another big Chinese lab is going open-weight with a permissive license, adding pressure on closed Western models on price and access.
#AI
