New models possibly from Baidu (ERNIE) this month?
Summary
Speculative news about possible new ERNIE models from Baidu, hinted at via tweets and an upcoming Baidu Create 2026 event video.
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@heyshrutimishra: Baidu recently open-sourced ERNIE-Image, an 8B parameter model with weights available for commercial use. This is big. โฆ
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@heyshrutimishra: ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐๐น๐ผ๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ'๐ ๐๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐๐ป. Today I attended Baidu Crโฆ
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