Columbia University Develops AI Research Assistant That Instantly Generates Research Reports from Topics, Objective and Realistic, Open Source for Everyone


The AI assistant Dou Bao App under ByteDance successfully overtook Alibaba's Qwen and Ant Group's Afu, securing the top position on the rankings. This achievement is closely related to Dou Bao's high exposure and user interaction activities during the CCTV Spring Festival Gala. On February 16, Dou Bao announced a collaboration with the CCTV Spring Festival Gala. According to its disclosure, the number of interactions of Dou Bao AI reached as high as 1.9 billion on the eve of the Spring Festival, demonstrating strong user appeal.
ByteDance's AI assistant Doubao joins the Spring Festival marketing campaign as a partner for the 2026 CCTV Spring Festival Gala, launching the 'Doubao Celebrates New Year' event. It offers over 100,000 tech prizes integrated with its AI model, such as Unitree robots and DJI drones, instead of traditional cash red envelopes.....
The convenience of AI agent interaction has drawn attention, with the startup Linq securing a $20 million Series A round led by TQ Ventures. The funds will be used for team expansion, market promotion, and technology development. Linq transitioned from digital business cards and now focuses on providing AI interaction solutions for enterprises.
Ant Group launched the 'AI Credit' incentive program, aimed at rewarding teams and individuals with pioneering contributions in the AI field, and driving the development of the AI strategy through additional incentives. The program provides rewards to those whose contributions have been recognized in the market, on top of their existing performance evaluations. If the relevant business increases the company's value within the next two years, the incentive can be converted into economic benefits.
The EU demands that Google remove technical barriers in the Android system that hinder third-party AI search assistants from accessing, ensuring fair interoperability and data sharing. This is another strict regulatory action under the framework of the Digital Market Act.