Baidu, Inc. (NASDAQ:BIDU) is one of the AI Stocks In The Spotlight For Investors. On September 10, the company released an updated version of its proprietary reasoning showcasing capabilities similar to advanced AI systems from DeepSeek, OpenAI and Google. According to Baidu chief technology officer Wang Haifeng, third-party AI benchmarks reveal that the firm’s X1.1 reasoning model had surpassed the performance of DeepSeek-R1, while it matched OpenAI’s GPT-5 and Google’s Gemini 2.5 Pro. Wang further said ...