Alibaba Unveils AI-Powered Quark Assistant to Compete in China's Expanding AI Market
The revamped Quark integrates advanced AI capabilities, leveraging Alibaba's proprietary Qwen reasoning model to perform complex tasks across industries.
- Alibaba has transformed its Quark search engine into a multifunctional AI assistant, powered by its Qwen reasoning model.
- The updated Quark offers features such as chatbot integration, deep thinking, and task execution for applications ranging from research to medical diagnostics.
- Alibaba's new R1-Omni AI model, capable of interpreting human emotions, has been made open-source and is available on Hugging Face.
- The company has committed $53 billion over three years to AI and cloud infrastructure, positioning itself as a leader in the competitive AI market.
- Despite these advancements, Alibaba's shares fell by 2.45% on the Hong Kong Exchange, reflecting market uncertainty.
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