ByteDance's Doubao and Alibaba's Qwen will shut down their AI agent creation features on July 15, 2026, coinciding with the implementation of China's new AI regulations. Existing user-created agents w…
Alibaba released HappyHorse 1.1, an upgraded video generation model with improved motion dynamics, subject consistency, and audio generation, and launched the HorsePower AI Video Competition with Huaj…
Alibaba's Qwen team released a robotics suite with three foundation models for embodied AI: Qwen-RobotNav, Qwen-RobotManip, and Qwen-RobotWorld. The models align language with physical actions for nav…
Higgsfield AI debuted a 95-minute feature film, *Hell Grind*, at the Marché du Film in Cannes in May, produced using ByteDance's Seedance 2.0 model and the company's platform. A 15-person team complet…
Alipay and its parent Ant Group launched a full-stack AI payments infrastructure on May 26, 2026, introducing an AI Wallet for consumers and Token Pay for businesses to facilitate transactions in an a…