Baidu Revolutionizes AI Landscape with Cutting-Edge Models and Applications at Create 2025

On April 25, 2025, Baidu held its Create 2025 AI Developer Conference in Wuhan, marking a significant milestone in the advancement of artificial intelligence. The event showcased Baidu’s latest innovations in AI models, applications, and infrastructure, positioning the company at the forefront of the AI revolution.

Groundbreaking AI Models: Wenxin 4.5 Turbo and X1 Turbo

Baidu unveiled two powerful new AI models:

Wenxin 4.5 Turbo: Offering 80% cost reduction compared to its predecessor, with input costs at just 0.8 yuan per million tokens.
Wenxin X1 Turbo: A deep thinking model with enhanced capabilities in Q&A, content creation, logical reasoning, and tool invocation.

Both models feature improved multimodal abilities, matching or surpassing competitors like GPT-4.1 in various benchmark tests.

Revolutionary AI Applications

High-Persuasion Digital Humans

Baidu introduced highly persuasive digital humans with ultra-realistic voice and appearance, professional content delivery, and flexible interactions. These AI-powered avatars show promise in e-commerce live streaming, gaming, and consumer engagement.

Cangzhou OS: The World’s First Content Operating System

Cangzhou OS, jointly launched by Baidu Wenku and Baidu Netdisk, introduces:

Chatfile plus: For parsing and vectorizing content across different modalities and formats.
Three libraries: Public knowledge, private knowledge, and memory.
Three tools: Editor, reader, and player.

This system powers innovative features like AI Notes in Baidu Netdisk, offering multimodal note-taking capabilities.

Xinxiang: A Universal Super Intelligent Agent

Xinxiang, Baidu’s multi-agent collaboration app, can solve complex user problems by breaking down tasks, allocating resources, and delivering comprehensive solutions across various scenarios.

Empowering Developers with MCP and AI Infrastructure

Baidu is helping developers embrace Model-Code-Prompt (MCP) architecture through:

The AI Open Plan: Providing traffic and revenue opportunities for AI application developers.
MCP server discovery platform: Indexing high-quality servers across the web.
Integration of MCP services into Baidu’s ecosystem, including search, e-commerce, and cloud platforms.

Kunlun Chip and Baige: Revolutionizing AI Computing Power

Baidu has activated a 30,000-card cluster of its self-developed Kunlun P800 chips, significantly boosting AI training and inference capabilities. The Kunlun Chip Supernode, combined with Baige large-scale inference acceleration, achieves:

13x increase in single-card inference performance
95% cost reduction in inference tasks

Enterprise-Grade AI Development Tools

Baidu’s Qianfan platform now offers:

Agent Pro: An upgraded enterprise-level Agent development toolkit.
MCP services: Over 1,000 MCP Servers available for flexible enterprise use.
Comprehensive model development tools supporting customization and fine-tuning of deep thinking and multimodal models.

Conclusion: Applications Reign Supreme in the AI Era

Robin Li, Baidu’s founder, emphasized that while models may be numerous, applications will ultimately dominate the AI landscape. Baidu’s comprehensive suite of AI tools and infrastructure aims to empower developers to create innovative, impactful applications across various industries.