November 20262

Baidu Says Its Own AI System Helped Build Its Next Model

Baidu has disclosed that an automated research system called ERNIE Evolve helped develop its upcoming ERNIE 5.5 Flash model, marking a first public step into self-improving AI. The company says the system proposes research directions, runs experiments and keeps what works.

🤖 AINov 10, 2026·3 min read#Ai Models#Research

Baidu Opens Its 280-Billion-Parameter ERNIE 5.5 Flash Base to the World

Baidu has open-sourced ERNIE 5.5 Flash Base, a 280-billion-parameter model that activates just 14 billion per token and claims state-of-the-art results among models of its size. It is a bid for developer adoption as China's open-weight AI race intensifies.

🤖 AINov 6, 2026·2 min read#Ai Models#Ernie

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