On December 28, Baidu Group's stock rating was upgraded to "Buy" by Futunn News, with a target price of HK$172.54. This revaluation recognized accelerated growth in Baidu's intelligent cloud business, driven by its Kunlun Core M-series chip and Wenxin Big Model 5.0 advancements. It also highlighted significant commercialization of Radish Express. Earlier, on December 23, Baidu's ERNIE-5.0-Preview-1203 model topped LMArena, marking a key AI achievement. Baidu stock closed up 1.17% on December 26, outperforming a declining market, potentially reflecting this positive sentiment.