Taobao Internal Test of AI Large Model Application 'Taobao Wenwen'


DeepSeek has been active recently: This week, it quietly released V4.1 Flash, although the major version number was not adjusted, the upgrade in the underlying architecture has reached the level of V5; afterwards, it will also launch a new large model Code 2.0 and the V4.1 Pro series. The architectural upgrades and new product roadmap have attracted attention in the industry.
Luo Yonghao slammed NEV makers' AI large-model experience as 'terrible,' saying none of dozens of models tested used top Chinese full-scale models like Doubao, Qianwen, or Kimi. He urged automakers to adopt quality external models, even at extra cost, to improve UX.....
DeepSeek, a leading Chinese AI model startup, resumes its second funding round, aiming to raise 50 billion yuan with a pre-money valuation of about 500 billion yuan, expected to sign in late August. Combined with the first round of 50 billion yuan at over 350 billion valuation (closed in June), total funding would surpass 100 billion yuan, a 43% valuation increase.....
Moonshot AI's product Kimi has closed a Series F funding round exceeding $3.5 billion, with a post-money valuation of $35 billion. The round was oversubscribed by over three times, leading to an early close and the launch of a Series G (Pre-IPO) round at a pre-money valuation of $50 billion. Kimi's strong market validation, driven by practical features like long-context processing, and the massive fundraising reflect high investor enthusiasm for ....
Alibaba confirmed that its self-developed large model, Tongyi Qianwen, has integrated with Apple Intelligence and will be fully deployed across China-region iPhones, iPads, Macs, and Vision Pro. Users can invoke it directly from iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and visionOS for deep image-text understanding and high-quality generation, eliminating tedious app switching.....