February 28th.BaiduToday's official announcement.Wenxin Large Model 4.5 To be completed by March 16Officially released.

Baidu officials said that Wenxin Big Model 4.5 not only has a significant improvement in the basic modeling capabilities, theand have native multimodal, deep-thinking capabilities.
According to a summary of 1AI's previous reports, Baidu said earlier this month that the Wenshin 4.5 series will be rolled out gradually over the next few months.and is scheduled to be officially open-sourced as of June 30th.
Baidu previously also revealed that, with the iterative upgrading of the Wenxin model and the decreasing cost, Wenxin Yiyin will be free of charge from April 1, and all PC and App users can experience the latest model of the Wenxin series. In addition, Wuxin Yiyin on-line depth search function, the function will also be free from April 1, open for use.
Baidu plans to release its next-generation AI model "Wenshin 5.0" in the second half of this year to meet the challenge of start-ups such as DeepSeek, which is disrupting the current market landscape, CNBC said, citing sources familiar with the matter.