Alibaba Cloud Tongyi Qianwen Large Model Officially Opened to the Public


The 2026 Gaokao Chinese essay question focused on cutting-edge technology: the Beijing paper's micro-writing explored 'Artificial Intelligence and a Happy Senior Life,' while the Shanghai paper delved into philosophical reflection on 'Technology Transforming the World and Changes in Human Imagination.' Domestic top AI models DeepSeek, Tongyi Qianwen, and Doubao responded together, highlighting the era's theme of the integration of technology and humanities.
ZTE Communications has reached a deep strategic cooperation with Tencent, jointly launching a new AI cloud computer equipped with Tencent's native office AI agent WorkBuddy. This collaboration not only achieves integration of hardware and software, but also deeply merges at the underlying technology architecture, promoting consumer and enterprise cloud terminals to accelerate into the era of large models.
Chinese AI startup DeepSeek plans to conduct its first large-scale financing round, aiming to raise about 50 billion yuan (approximately 7.4 billion US dollars), with an estimated valuation of 350 to 400 billion yuan after the funding. The company has gained global attention with its V3 and R1 models, changing the perception of China's capabilities in large model development.
Zhipu AI has launched its IPO on the Science and Technology Innovation Board, planning to raise 15 billion yuan. It is less than five months since its listing on the Hong Kong stock market in January. The company is using the "A+H" dual-channel financing to broaden its funding sources and consolidate its leading position in the large model field.
Tencent Cloud's Intelligent Agent Development Platform announced a significant price reduction for the DeepSeek V4 series large models starting June 3, with the flagship DeepSeek-V4-Pro model seeing a 75% decrease in both inference input and output costs, aiming to lower innovation barriers for enterprises and developers while reducing daily invocation expenses.....