Baidu has introduced two new AI models, ERNIE X1 and ERNIE 4.5, aiming to rival DeepSeek and GPT-4o with lower costs and advanced capabilities. ERNIE X1 focuses on cost-efficient reasoning, while ERNIE 4.5 offers multimodal features at competitive pricing. Baidu plans to open-source ERNIE 4.5, but questions remain about its performance claims and potential privacy risks tied to data storage in China.

Chatbots excel in conversation but falter at counting characters, as Our test of models like ChatGPT 4o, Grok 3, and Gemini 2.0 Flash shows. With results ranging from 114 to 153 for a 135-character sentence, the report uncovers design flaws, from tokenization traps to hallucination, highlighting the complex trade-offs in AI development.

AI chatbots struggle with misinformation in non-English languages, with Russian, Chinese, and Spanish showing the highest failure rates. A new study suggests using French as a translation baseline to improve multilingual fact-checking. Discover the risks, implications, and possible solutions for AI-generated misinformation.