284 …China AI = Rapid Relevance… Baidu Ernie 4.5 Turbo – 4/25/25 Source: Reuters, ‘Baidu launches new AI model amid mounting competition’ (4/24/25); Baidu via X, ‘Supercharging AI Innovation with More Powerful and More Affordable New Models’ (4/24/25) ERNIE 4.5 Turbo is the newest member of the flagship ERNIE foundation model family. Imagine an AI that's not just smart, but also affordable and versatile. Here's why it's turning heads: - Multimodal Prowess: It excels in handling text, images, and even videos, making it a Swiss Army knife for developers. - Cost-Effectiveness: Priced at just RMB 0.8 per million tokens for input and RMB 3.2 for output, it's 80% cheaper than its predecessor – and a fraction of the cost of leading competitors. It costs only 40% of DeepSeek V3 and just 0.2% of GPT-4.5. - High Performance: Benchmark tests show it matches GPT-4.1 and outperforms GPT-4o in most multimodal tasks – delivering high-impact results with every run. - Baidu Post on X, 4/24/25 USA vs. China in Technology = China’s AI Response Time Significantly Faster vs. Internet 1995