Baidu dropped ERNIE 5.5 Flash Base
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Nov 5, 2026First seen
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- 158
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- 88
- Submitted by
- pretext
- Posted
- Nov 5, 2026
- Site
- ernie.baidu.com
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Trending history
Baidu dropped ERNIE 5.5 Flash Base was first seen on Hacker News · Front page on Nov 5, 2026. Since then it has appeared in 77 checks on 2 different days. Its best position was #8 of 30, reached on Nov 5, 17:07 UTC. It dropped off the list after Nov 6, 08:07 UTC.
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The license seems really restrictive for something intended to be built on. Entire countries are forbidden to use it at all (European Union, the United Kingdom and South Korea), and you are responsible for making sure no one in those places uses your derivative.
Brilliant! Base model releases are exactly what we need right now. This is the reliable way to do alignment. Releasing the base model then letting everyone on the planet do whatever they want with it is probably what ends up preventing extreme value drift through the intelligence explosion. Millions of people would…
ERNIE feels old, like BERT. They either need a rebrand or fully embrace retro-dawn-of-ML vibes
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Is Baidu dropped ERNIE 5.5 Flash Base trending on Hacker News right now?
Not at the moment. It was last on the list on Nov 6, 08:07 UTC, after 2 days of trending.
What is the highest rank Baidu dropped ERNIE 5.5 Flash Base reached?
#8 on Hacker News · Front page, on Nov 5, 17:07 UTC. Trendoday checks this list every 15 minutes.
How long has Baidu dropped ERNIE 5.5 Flash Base been trending?
It was first seen on Nov 5, 2026 and has been on the list on 2 days (77 checks) since.
How much discussion did it get on Hacker News?
158 points and 88 comments; submitted by pretext on Nov 5, 2026.