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Baidu Releases ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview with 280B Parameters and Open-Weight Pledge

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Baidu has released ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview, the first post-trained variant of its Base model, featuring 280B total parameters, 14B activated parameters and a 1M-token context window, targeting coding, 3D modeling and content creation. The API is live on the Qianfan platform, with weights promised to be open-sourced by November 25; Baidu describes it as an intermediate post-training checkpoint still under rapid iteration.

LATEST/Baidu has released ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview, the first post-trained variant of its Base model, featuring 280B total parameters, 14B activated parameters and a 1M-token context window, targeting coding, 3D modeling and content creation. The API is live on the Qianfan platform, with weights promised to be open-sourced by November 25; Baidu describes it as an intermediate post-training checkpoint still under rapid iteration.

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  1. IT之家 · 智能时代T2·78 pts

    Baidu Releases ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview with 280B Parameters and Open-Weight Pledge

    • 280B total and 14B activated parameters with a 1M-token context window, balancing capability and decoding speed
    • API already available on Baidu Qianfan, with weights pledged to be open-sourced by November 25
    • Baidu frames it as an intermediate post-training checkpoint, acknowledging capability gaps from incomplete training ahead of the final release