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Baidu
3 developments involving Baidu in 1 country or body. The most recent is Only 3.6% of 857 Chinese model releases ever got a published safety result, 8 Oct 2026.
KeyStory
- Only 3.6% of 857 Chinese model releases ever got a published safety result
Chinese labs publish open weights anyone can run, and this counts how rarely any safety result is published alongside them.
- Baidu launches Ernie 4.0 at Baidu World 2023 in Beijing
Chinese businesses got a newer domestic frontier model through an approved service, two months after Ernie Bot opened to the public under China’s generative AI rules.
- Baidu opens Ernie Bot to the public after Chinese approval under new AI rules
Chinese chatbots could reach mass audiences only after government approval under the August 2023 rules, and Baidu’s Ernie Bot was among the services cleared.