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Baidu releases ERNIE Lightning and ERNIE-Wizshot-ME models with API access on Qianfan

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Baidu released ERNIE Lightning, a deep-thinking model, and ERNIE-Wizshot-ME, a micro-expression video model, on its Qianfan platform at Baidu World 2026 on November 12.

Both have APIs open to enterprise customers and partners.

Baidu's Qianfan product page says ERNIE-Wizshot-ME animates a person in a still image to speak, producing 4- to 15-second 1080p videos at a list price of 0.7 yuan per second. Baidu has not published benchmarks or parameter counts for either model.

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  1. Baidu Inc.Official
    Baidu makes ERNIE Light Deep Thinking and Wizshot Micro-Expression available via API

    AIBaidu says its ERNIE Light Deep Thinking and ERNIE Wizshot Micro-Expression models are now available via API on Baidu AI Cloud's Qianfan platform for enterprises and partners. The announcement came at Baidu World 2026, where Baidu said it pairs continued investment in frontier foundation models with parallel development of models and agents, with application needs guiding how the models are optimized.

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  2. PandailyNews
    Baidu releases ERNIE Lightning and ERNIE-Wizshot-ME models on Qianfan

    AIBaidu released ERNIE Lightning, a deep-thinking model, and ERNIE-Wizshot-ME, a micro-expression video model, on its Qianfan platform at Baidu World 2026 on November 12. Both have APIs open to enterprise customers and partners. Baidu says ERNIE-Wizshot-ME produces four- to 15-second 1080p videos at a list price of 0.7 yuan per second, and it has not published benchmarks or parameter counts for either model.

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