Baidu APP launches four AI upgrades, including search API at 4.9 yuan per 1,000 calls
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Baidu says its upgraded Baidu APP includes a search AI API priced as low as 4.9 yuan per 1,000 calls during a promotion, which the company says is below DeepSeek's search API. Baidu also says its search has achieved recursive self-evolution.
The 4.9-yuan price applies only during the promotion.
The update adds Wenxin Assistant, which Baidu says delivers finished outputs for complex requests and tracks long-term tasks across more than 170 scenarios. AI Lens now supports multi-target recognition and dialogue in nine dialects, including Northeastern Mandarin, Sichuan dialect and Cantonese, according to Leiphone (雷峰网).
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AIBaidu says its search has achieved recursive self-evolution and that its upgraded search AI API costs as little as 4.9 yuan per thousand calls during the promotion, below DeepSeek's search API. The upgraded Baidu APP adds Wenxin Assistant, which delivers finished outputs for complex requests and tracks long-term tasks across more than 170 scenarios. AI Lens now supports multi-target recognition and dialogue in nine dialects, including Northeastern Mandarin, Sichuan dialect and Cantonese.
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