Baidu Unveils Wenxin Quick Code 3.5 and Comate Zulu, Revolutionizing AI Programming
On April 25, 2025, Baidu hosted its Create AI DEVEloper Conference in Beijing.At this significant tech event, Baidu rolled out the 3.5 version of WenxinQuick Code and China’s Pioneering multi-modal AI programmer, Wenxin Quick CodeComate Zulu, signifying a new era for AI programming tools.
Zang Zhi, the director of Baidu’s Engineering Efficiency Department, mentionedat the conference that AI is Baidu’s crucial productivity source for enhancingengineering efficiency. Intelligent agents serve as the vital lINK betweenlarge model capabilities and R&D; productivity. Wenxin Quick Code Comate Zuluoffers efficient multi-modal interaction. Users can generate complete codewith a single click by uploading an image, diversifying and streamliningdevelopment Scenarios. It can nimbly call various tools, automatically set updevelopment environments and start services, and is compatible with mainstreamIDEs such as JetBrains, VSCode, and VS, ready for use right afterinstallation, enabling real-time code effect previews.
Based on the core functions of the Zulu intelligent agent, Wenxin Quick Codecan assist professional development teams in achieving end-to-end generationfrom requirements to coding, debugging, and verification. This helps everyengineer become highly productive. For instance, in backend development, whenadding a ‘payment’ requirement, Zulu can autonomously analyze the entireproject, find relevant implementations, create multiple interface andimplementation class files, generate code, and provide a detailed worksummary. It not only aids in code – writing but also sparks creativity. Acomplex project that would take a senior engineer a day to refactor can becompleted by Wenxin Quick Code Zulu in just one minute. Even those with nodevelopment experience can effortlessly create websites and small games usingnatural language, introducing a new ‘programming by speaking’ and ‘images tocode’ paradigm.
Wenxin Quick Code, developed by Baidu leveraging the Wenxin large model’slanguage and code capabilities, has made breakthroughs in four core areas inits 3.5 version. The code intelligent agent engine supports multi-modalprogramming, development tool invocation, and application preview, enablingend – to – end generation. The code prediction rewriting engine adds Cursorprediction and multi – line intelligent rewriting functions for precisecomplex code modification. The context engine combines the reasoningcapabilities of Wenxin 4.5 and X1 for more accurate understanding of developerintent. The more open R&D; ecosystem fully supports mainstream developmenttoolchains through the MCP access protocol.
Currently, Wenxin Quick Code generates over 40% of Baidu’s daily new code andhas served 7.6 million developers in total. According to an IDC survey, over80% of developers think AI code generation tools can greatly improvedevelopment efficiency, with an average increase of 35%. 20% of developersbelieve AI tools can bring over 50% efficiency improvement. This indicatesthat programmers’ core work is shifting from ‘writing code’ to’reviewingcode’, and programming is entering the ‘intelligent driving’ era.
