BEIJING (Reuters) -Chinese search engine giant Baidu said on Friday it would make its next-generation artificial intelligence model Ernie open-source from June 30, a major shift in strategy as competition heats up.

DeepSeek is spurring competitors at home and abroad to consider an open-source strategy in artificial intelligence (AI) development, following the Chinese start-up's release of powerful low-cost models that upended how large language models (LLMs) are trained.

China's Baidu said on Friday that it would make the next-generation artificial intelligence model Ernie open-source from June 30. (Reporting by Beijing newsroom; Editing by

Between DeepSeek R1 and Alibaba's Qwen range, China's open-source AI scene is flourishing. Baidu plans to embrace the movement by making Ernie open-source. The move

Alibaba Group Holding's Qwen artificial intelligence (AI) model is powering the world's top 10 open-source large language models (LLMs), according to collaborative machine-learning platform and community Hugging Face.

Baidu (NASDAQ:BIDU) will open-source its next-generation Ernie AI model from June 30, marking a major strategy shift as competition in the AI sector intensifies. The move comes after the rise of DeepSeek,

Baidu is making a strategic move to strengthen its position in China’s artificial intelligence race by making its chatbot, Ernie Bot, free to all users starting April 1. The decision signals a shift in the company’s approach as it grapples with intensifying competition from emerging players like DeepSeek and ByteDance’s Doubao.