TMTPOST -- Baidu founder, chairman, and CEO Robin Li announced during the company’s Q3 2024 earnings call that Baidu plans to launch a new version of its Wenxin large language model (LLM) in early 2025. The update aims to further solidify Baidu’s leadership in foundational AI models. Li highlighted significant growth in the model's utilization, revealing that Wenxin LLM now handles an average of 1.5 billion daily calls, processing over 1.7 trillion tokens of text each day. This marks a 30-fold increase compared to the 50 million daily calls reported when the model's usage metrics were first disclosed a year ago. The announcement underscores Baidu’s commitment to advancing AI technology and maintaining its competitive edge in the rapidly evolving field of artificial intelligence.