Breaking down Baidu's launch of Ernie 4.5 and X1 AI models, their competitive pricing strategy, performance claims vs GPT-4.5, and the impact on global AI competition and open-source trends.

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[1] https://the-decoder.de/gleiche-leistung-halber-preis-baidus-ernie-x1-soll-deepseek-r1-in-den-schatten-stellen/