Baidu launches ERNIE Evolve, an automated research system optimized for AI training and inference.

Baidu has launched the automated research system ERNIE Evolve. Users can select directions, modify code, and run experiments after setting a research goal, keeping only improvements that pass independent evaluation and review. The system achieves state-of-the-art performance on NanoChat AutoResearch and NanoGPT Speedrun, with deterministic GPU inference throughput improved by 33.7% and single-request decoding speed up by 14.9%. Baidu states this is a step toward recursive self-improvement (RSI), with plans to extend it to training systems, model capabilities, and evaluation.