The Zhihui Qingtalk browser plugin has recently announced its integration with AutoGLM capabilities, marking an evolution of browser plugins into intelligent agents. Now, with the integration of AutoGLM, the Qingtalk plugin can simulate human actions to automatically complete web tasks based on users' text or voice commands, providing users with a 'fully automated' new internet experience. AutoGLM is a large model intelligent interactive agent launched by Zhihui, which can understand user intentions and perform corresponding actions. Currently, this capability has been implemented in Baidu Search, Weibo, and Zhihu.

On December 18th, at the Volcano Engine FORCE Power Conference, Volcano Engine President Tan Dai unveiled the new Doubao Visual Understanding Model. This model processes both text and image-related information simultaneously, providing more accurate answers. The new model excels in content recognition, understanding, and reasoning capabilities, featuring more nuanced visual description abilities, which brings stronger intelligent processing capabilities to enterprise users. Tan Dai revealed at the conference that the Doubao Visual Understanding Model has achieved significant technological breakthroughs and has also seen a dramatic reduction in pricing.

Verizon Communications Inc. (stock symbol: VZ) announced on Tuesday a collaboration with NVIDIA to develop a brand new solution that leverages Verizon's reliable 5G private network and private mobile edge computing (MEC) technology to run various artificial intelligence (AI) applications. This new AI-driven private 5G platform stack, co-developed by Verizon and NVIDIA, is designed for plug-and-play implementation to help third-party developers innovate.

The Baidu Wenku App has launched a new 'AI Examination Guide' aimed at providing efficient learning and exam preparation support for graduate school candidates during the final stages. The platform utilizes artificial intelligence technology to help students enhance their review efficiency and exam scores during this crucial period through a series of innovative tools.

On December 13, BYD officially released the recruitment guidelines for the Embodied Intelligence research team for the 2025 cohort, revealing that the team has successfully developed and launched multiple innovative robotic products since its establishment in 2022, including industrial robots, collaborative robots, intelligent mobile robots, and humanoid robots. This initiative marks BYD's further investment in the field of embodied intelligence and indicates that the company is accelerating the industrialization of robot technology. As 'Robo+' becomes the strongest industrial trend in the automotive industry chain, BYD will advance robotic technology.

Wall Street's 'barometer' has changed again! On Wednesday, Apple Inc. (AAPL)'s stock price surged like a wild horse, reaching a new intraday all-time high. The driving force behind this seems to be the hot AI technology! Doug Clinton, founder and CEO of Intelligent Alpha, acted like a 'detective', unraveling how artificial intelligence is propelling the tech giant's stock price to soar. He noted that investors are focusing on Apple's enormous potential in the AI field, signaling a promising future.

According to 'Intelligent Emergence', Hong Tao, co-founder and former head of commercialization at Baichuan Intelligent, has left the company. Sources close to Baichuan have revealed that Hong is no longer involved in the company's daily operations and that his departure has been for some time. Baichuan responded by stating that Hong left for personal reasons and thanked him for his contributions to the commercialization team during the company's early stages. Hong was formerly the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) at Sogou and successfully helped Sogou rank among the top six in internet advertising revenue.