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

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.

The move marks a reversal in Baidu’s stance on open-sourcing its AI models, as CEO Robin Li repeatedly advocated closed-source AI models as the only viable means of AI development.