Alipay officially announced today the launch of its AI open platform and began inviting enterprise developers and third-party service providers to participate in a trial. The launch of this platform marks that merchants and institutions can now more conveniently access Alipay's AI assistant "Abao," achieving intelligent upgrades to their services.

Through this platform, merchants not only can have their services listed on Alipay, but also connect across platforms to distribute their services to mobile phones, in-car systems, AI glasses, and various IoT smart terminals. This new model of "one-time access, multi-terminal distribution, and unified management" will greatly simplify the process of merchants' multi-terminal layout.

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Comprehensive Empowerment of Merchant AI

In terms of core capabilities, the platform allows merchants to directly upgrade their existing mini programs and API interfaces into AI-callable components or intelligent entities, without starting from scratch with complicated R&D. After accessing the platform, merchants' AI services can not only reach Alipay's 1 billion users, but also be authorized for intelligent recommendations on various external smart terminals.

To ensure the business value of merchants, the platform also provides comprehensive support for the management, distribution, transactions, and settlement of AI-based services, enabling every call to be converted into actual revenue. At the same time, as an intermediary layer, the open platform uniformly handles protocol conversions, eliminating the need for merchants to individually adapt to different terminals, significantly reducing R&D costs.

Safe and Seamless Upgrade Experience

Addressing merchants' concerns, Alipay emphasized that upgrading through the AI open platform will not affect their existing Alipay app mini program services. The two systems will run in parallel, ensuring the stability of existing online operations and smooth transition.

As it enters the AI era, Alipay will continue to leverage its traditional strengths in identity verification, payment security, transaction evidence, and risk control. These mature technological foundations will serve as secure and trustworthy service infrastructures, continuously protecting merchants and users.