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title: "Baidu’s CEO says AI has shifted from model competition to agent competition — agents will learn, verify, and optimize on their own"
date: 2026-05-15
source: http://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a09c6ff87c04836989adb1ebc593585&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.msn.com%2fen-us%2fmoney%2fother%2fbaidu-s-ceo-says-ai-has-shifted-from-model-competition-to-agent-competition-agents-will-learn-verify-and-optimize-on-their-own%2far-AA23iUP1&c=2280422027282406562&mkt=en-us
description: "Robin Li, the co-founder and CEO of Baidu, used his keynote at the company’s Create 2026 conference to make a blunt declaration: the race to build bigger AI models is over, and the race to build ..."
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# Baidu’s CEO says AI has shifted from model competition to agent competition — agents will learn, verify, and optimize on their own

Robin Li, the co-founder and CEO of Baidu, used his keynote at the company’s Create 2026 conference to make a blunt declaration: the race to build bigger AI models is over, and the race to build ...

*Published: 2026-05-15*