Alibaba's AI-powered search engine, Accio, has reached over one million users. New AI features are being added to further enhance its capabilities and empower global trade.

Google recently announced a significant update to its Gemini app on iOS and iPadOS, introducing a range of new lock screen widgets. These widgets are designed to provide users with more convenient access to the AI assistant's features, enhancing user experience. The update adds six widgets in total, allowing users to directly access specific Gemini functions, streamlining the workflow. This move by Google is clearly a deliberate attempt to attract more users.

Tencent Yuanbao, a large language model AI application from Tencent, has achieved a breakthrough in the free App download rankings on Apple's App Store in China, surpassing DeepSeek to claim the top spot. Currently, the top five free apps are Tencent Yuanbao, DeepSeek, Personal Income Tax, Doubao, and Hongguo Short Videos.

According to the latest rankings released by the Hugging Face open-source community, Alibaba's Wanxiang large model, after only 6 days of open-sourcing, has surpassed DeepSeek-R1 to claim the top spot on both the trending models and model hub leaderboards. This achievement not only highlights Wanxiang's superior technical performance but also reflects its widespread recognition and influence within the global open-source community.

Baidu announced a significant upgrade to its education and search services. According to recent X platform posts, Baidu Education's 'Photo Search Questions' and 'AI Essay Writing' features have been integrated with the full-fledged DeepSeek-R1 model, providing users with standard answers and detailed solution demonstrations. Simultaneously, Baidu Search has fully integrated DeepSeek and Wenxin large language models, significantly improving the search experience. Since launching the relevant access points on the Baidu homepage, over 10 million users utilized the services within just one hour, sparking widespread attention. X user @TechBitD

Anthropic, an AI company, today announced the release of its latest hybrid reasoning model, Claude 3.7 Sonnet. Anthropic claims this model is its most intelligent AI yet, designed to tackle more complex problems and demonstrating superior performance in areas such as mathematics and coding.

Tencent's Yuanbao app has climbed to second place on Apple's free app chart in China, surpassing Doubao. DeepSeek continues to hold the top spot.

Today, there is new news from the free APP download rankings of the Apple App Store. Tencent Yuanbao has successfully surpassed Doubao, rising to the second position on the China regional chart, second only to the consistently top-ranked DeepSeek. This achievement is attributed to a major update that Tencent Yuanbao underwent recently. On February 13th, Tencent Yuanbao officially integrated the full-version Deepseek - R1 model, which provides users with unprecedented convenience upon opening Tencent Yuanbao and entering the chat interface.

According to Daily Economic News, the DeepSeek App has achieved an astonishing milestone by surpassing 100 million downloads within its first month of launch. The app was officially released on January 11, 2025, and data from QuestMobile indicates that as of February 9, the total downloads of the DeepSeek App exceeded 110 million, with peak weekly active users approaching 97 million. Image source note: Image generated by AI, image provided by Midjourney.

In the field of artificial intelligence, Mistral's recently released AI assistant Le Chat has garnered widespread attention. Just two weeks after its launch, the app achieved an impressive milestone — surpassing one million downloads. This achievement has sparked excitement not only in its home country of France but also led it to rapidly rise to the top of the free app download charts in the iOS App Store. French President Emmanuel Macron mentioned Le Chat in a recent television interview, encouraging the public to download this app developed by Mistral.

Recently, iFlytek revealed in an institutional survey that the purely domestic computing power platform 'Xinghuo X1' is soon to launch a new version, expected to be completed within the next three months. This new version is highly anticipated, as iFlytek indicated that the platform will possess stronger mathematical problem-solving abilities and complex reasoning capabilities, striving to match and even surpass OpenAI's technology in these areas. The new version of 'Xinghuo X1' is an important attempt by iFlytek in the domestic computing power platform, marking China's advancements in artificial intelligence.

Recently, in a popular podcast, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman candidly shared the challenges and strategies the company is currently facing. With the rapid rise of DeepSeek, an emerging force on a global scale, OpenAI is feeling unprecedented competitive pressure. Altman stated that DeepSeek, as a competitor from China, has launched a new model that is not only powerful but also reportedly highly cost-effective, creating significant ripples throughout the industry.