Baidu releases ERNIE 5.5 Flash Base but excludes the European Union
Baidu has published the weights of ERNIE 5.5 Flash Base, but its license bars use in the EU, the United Kingdom and South Korea.
By GennnAi··1 min read
This mixture-of-experts model has 280 billion parameters, 14 billion active per token, trained on 33.5 trillion tokens. In Baidu's own benchmarks, it beats comparable base models on 24 of 30 tests; no independent evaluation exists. The license requires a visible "Powered by ERNIE" mention, written authorization above $50 million in annual revenue, and prohibits training other models. A chat version is expected to follow.
Source: Trending Topics, published on November 6, 2026.