Baidu is back with another AI announcement, and this time they’re really swinging for the fences. The Chinese tech giant just rolled out Ernie X1.1, which they’re calling a major upgrade to their previous Ernie X1 model. What’s New Under the Hood? Wang Haifeng, Baidu’s Chief Technology Officer, presented the new model as something special. [...]The post Baidu Unveils Ernie X1.1 Deep Thinking Model, Claims It Outperforms DeepSeek R1 appeared first on Gizmochina.