Inside Baidu’s New Wenxin 4.5 & X1: Multimodal Breakthroughs and Tool‑Enabled AI
Baidu officially launched the Wenxin 4.5 and X1 large language models, showcasing native multimodal foundations, advanced attention masks, heterogeneous expert extensions, and tool‑calling capabilities, while offering low‑cost API access on the Qianfan platform and outlining the underlying technical innovations that drive their performance gains.
