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Baidu launches ERNIE 4.0 with stronger general reasoning

Baidu launched ERNIE 4.0 at Baidu World, demonstrating upgraded comprehension, reasoning, memory and generation in a general-purpose foundation model.

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A major Chinese developer released a materially stronger general foundation model, widening frontier competition, although independent evidence did not establish Baidu's claimed parity with GPT-4.

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    New October 2023 exact frontier-model launch.

    12 Aug 2026