Wenxin Assistant
by Baidu
At a glance
Baidu's consumer AI assistant built on its ERNIE models, now branded Wenxin Assistant (文心助手) after the ERNIE Bot name.
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- Licence
- Not recorded
- Category
- AI Assistants
- Business model
- Freemium
- Availability
- China (mainland)
- Launched
- 2023-03
Overview
Wenxin Assistant is Baidu's consumer AI assistant built on its ERNIE large language models. The product was previously branded ERNIE Bot (文心一言, Wenxin Yiyan), and its site now redirects from yiyan.baidu.com to wenxin.baidu.com, where Baidu markets it for office and study tasks. It offers chat, writing, and image generation integrated with Baidu's search and app ecosystem, and the ERNIE models are also offered to developers via API.
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Key features
- Built on Baidu's ERNIE model family
- Chat, writing, and image generation
- Integration with Baidu Search and apps
- Developer API access
Use cases
- Chinese-language chat and writing assistance
- Image generation from prompts
- Developer integrations via the ERNIE API
Pricing
Consumer access is available; API usage of the ERNIE models is priced by tokens through Baidu Cloud.
Record details
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Links, dates and provenance
- Record updated
- 2026-09-10
- Founded
- 2000
- Headquarters
- CN
- Canonical URL
- https://globalaiproductindex.com/products/ernie-bot/
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- Web app
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- Web
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- Vendor cloud
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- Mainland China
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- Yes
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- proprietary
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Frequently asked questions
Who develops Wenxin Assistant?
Wenxin Assistant (formerly ERNIE Bot / Wenxin Yiyan) is developed by Baidu, the Chinese search and AI company.
Was ERNIE Bot renamed?
Yes. The consumer product previously called ERNIE Bot (Wenxin Yiyan) is now promoted as Wenxin Assistant (文心助手), and yiyan.baidu.com redirects to wenxin.baidu.com.
What models power Wenxin Assistant?
Wenxin Assistant is built on Baidu's ERNIE large language model family.
Can developers use ERNIE?
Yes. Baidu offers the ERNIE models to developers via API through Baidu Cloud.
Who should not choose Wenxin Assistant?
Anyone who needs a published price list or official documentation: Baidu's homepage was reachable, but no same-site page could be confirmed as this product's docs or pricing page.
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