He added that the importance of geographical fine-tuning in AI was underestimated. “It matters more than people think. It shapes how models interpret nuance, bias, and context. Baidu’s edge will likely be its integration with China’s digital ecosystem and search infrastructure, not just raw model performance.”
At the conference, Baidu EVP Dou Shen also announced two new processors aimed at powering the company’s advances in AI. The Kunlunxin M100, optimized for large scale AI inference, will be released at the beginning of 2026, with the M300, optimized for the training and inference of ultra-large-scale multimodal large models, following in early 2027.
In addition to these two new processors, Baidu also unveiled the Tianchi 256 and Tianchi 512 supernodes at the conference. They are expected to officially launch in 2026, with a single Tianchi 512 supernode, consisting of 512 Kunlunxin P800 chips, capable of training models with up to one trillion parameters, the company said.
