Alibaba's Intelligent Information Division Launches Quark Large Model, Quark App to Upgrade as AI Assistant

Alibaba's Intelligent Information Business Group has unveiled the Quark large model, a fully self-developed model with thousands of billions of parameters. This large model will be applied to scenarios such as general search, healthcare, educational learning, and office work. Meanwhile, the Quark App will be upgraded into an AI assistant, accelerating its transformation into an AI assistant for the work, study, and life of young people. Wu Jia, President of Alibaba's Intelligent Information Business Group, stated that AIGC technology based on large models will bring new changes to search products, accelerating the move towards the next generation of search.

Qwen Responds to the Rumors of Qwen Go! : The Experience Qualification for Non-Independent App is Now Open for Application

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Musk's Grok Bot Now Has a Dedicated Email Assistant, Entering a New Era of Independent Work

Musk's SpaceX AI company announced the launch of a dedicated email feature for the intelligent assistant Grok Bot. This means that the AI assistant is no longer limited to conversational interaction, but now has an independent digital contact point, allowing it to more deeply engage in users' daily tasks and multi-step collaborations. Officially, each AI assistant will be assigned an email address with the suffix mail.grokbot.com. Users can try to customize the prefix of the address, which will be allocated by the system.

Meta's AI Assistant Muse Launches on iPad Platform, Downloads Exceed 6.6 Million Within a Month

Meta launched the iPad-exclusive app of its AI assistant Muse on October 7, 2026, just one month after it was released on iOS and Android on September 8. Its expansion speed far surpasses that of Instagram, which took nearly 15 years to adapt to iPad. Sensor Tower reported that Muse has exceeded 6.6 million installations across both platforms. Due to its focus on text interaction, it has lower requirements for image and video resolution, making it easier to adapt to large screens.

Google Assistant on Android Says Farewell, Gemini Takes Over the Voice Entry for Phones, While Smartwatches and Cars Still Rely on the Old Assistant

It is irreversible that Google has decided to retire its long-standing voice assistant, Google Assistant. According to foreign media reports on September 29th, Google has sent out emails since last month, announcing that the Assistant on mobile devices will be discontinued; now many Android users have reported being unable to access it. Some users also found that the option to switch to Google Assistant in the Gemini account menu has disappeared. From options to services, the old assistant is gradually being removed.

Alibaba's Intelligent Information Division Launches Quark Large Model, Quark App to Upgrade as AI Assistant

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