ERNIE Bot (文心一言) is Baidu's flagship multimodal AI platform in 2026, powered by advanced models like ERNIE 5.0 (omni-modal: text, image, audio, video), ERNIE 4.5, and reasoning-focused ERNIE X1. It excels in Chinese NLP, deep reasoning, content generation, image/video understanding, tool use, and agentic workflows. Free public access via chat interface, ultra-low API pricing (as low as 1% of GPT equivalents), strong in knowledge, coding, multimodal tasks—ideal for Chinese users, enterprises, developers, and global creators seeking cost-effective, high-performance AI.

Wenxin Yiyan (yiyan.baidu.com), also known as ERNIE Bot, is Baidu's flagship multimodal AI chatbot in 2026, powered by advanced ERNIE 4.5 (native multimodal) and ERNIE X1 (deep reasoning) models. It offers free access for individuals with strong Chinese proficiency, multimodal capabilities (text, image, audio, video), content generation, and integration into Baidu ecosystem. Ideal for Chinese users, students, professionals needing high-accuracy Chinese AI, reasoning, and creative tasks at low/no cost.