ERNIE 4.0

Baidu · 2023 · Multimodal LLM · China

A to Z

A · App: Yes
B · Built By: Baidu
C · CEO & Politics: Robin Li — Chinese establishment; CPPCC National Committee member (documented)
D · Date: 2023
E · Expertise: Beginner (app available)
F · Free Tier: Yes
G · Generates: Images
H · Deployment: Cloud
I · Inputs: Text+Image+Audio
J · Jurisdiction: China
K · Key Staffers: Haifeng Wang (CTO)
L · Languages: Chinese-primary
M · Model Type: Multimodal LLM
N · Safety Issues: None reported
O · Open Source: Proprietary
P · Pricing: Ernie Bot subscription (China-focused)
Q · AIDb Rating: 6/10 · AIDb v2.0 (rule-based): Capability 6.5/10 · Currency 4/10 · Access 7/10 · Significance 6/10 → 6.0
R · What Makes It Special: Baidu's ERNIE 4.0 large language model; since succeeded by the ERNIE 4.5 family, which Baidu has released as open weights on Hugging Face.
S · Stock / Status: $87 (BIDU, Sep 25, 2026)
T · Training Cutoff: [UNKNOWN]
U · Users: [UNKNOWN]
V · Voice Chat: No
W · Weights: API only
X · X Handle: @Baidu_Inc
Y · Year Founded: [UNKNOWN]
Z · Bottom Line: Proprietary Multimodal LLM from Baidu, released 2023.

Data completeness 88% · Last verified 2026-05-12 · Primary source ↗

“ERNIE 4.0.” AIDb — The AI Database. Verified 2026-05-12. https://theaidatabase.com/m/ernie-40.html