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China releases GPT-4.5 rival at 1% the cost

Baidu has launched ERNIE 4.5 and ERNIE X1, two new AI models priced significantly lower than competitors like GPT-4.5 and DeepSeek's R1. ERNIE 4.5 boasts enhanced language skills and halluc…

China releases GPT-4.5 rival at 1% the cost

Mar 17, 2025

China releases GPT-4.5 rival at 1% the cost

Baidu has launched ERNIE 4.5 and ERNIE X1, two new AI models priced significantly lower than competitors like GPT-4.5 and DeepSeek's R1. ERNIE 4.5 boasts enhanced language skills and halluc…

Baidu has launched ERNIE 4.5 and ERNIE X1, two new AI models priced significantly lower than competitors like GPT-4.5 and DeepSeek's R1. ERNIE 4.5 boasts enhanced language skills and hallucination prevention, while ERNIE X1 matches DeepSeek's reasoning capabilities at half the cost, potentially sparking an AI price war.

In other news, a judge denied Elon Musk's request to block OpenAI's structural changes, fast-tracking the trial for later this year. Harvard and MIT researchers introduced TxAgent, an AI agent that provides personalized treatment recommendations by analyzing biomedical data and potential risks.

The AI landscape is rapidly evolving, with new tools and job opportunities emerging, and predictions that AI will surpass human programming capabilities by 2025.