In a recent third quarter earnings call, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy revealed that the company is making significant improvements to its smart assistant Alexa. He stated that the future Alexa will be a more 'intelligent' assistant that not only answers questions and summarizes information but can also take action on behalf of users. Jassy pointed out that the next generation of smart assistants and generative AI applications will possess stronger capabilities to perform various tasks, rather than just providing information.

Recently, Xiaomi Group announced that its voice assistant, Xiao Ai, has been upgraded to the new Super Xiao Ai. This upgrade marks the transition of Xiao Ai from a single voice interaction feature to a comprehensive ecological AI smart assistant with thinking and execution capabilities. Xiaomi Group's Lu Weibing stated that Super Xiao Ai will no longer be limited to devices but will be integrated into users' daily lives, providing smarter services.

OpenAI once again leads the innovative wave of artificial intelligence applications with the launch of a new tool called Canvas. This smart assistant not only makes collaboration with ChatGPT smoother for users but also brings unprecedented convenience to writing and programming. The core advantage of Canvas lies in its real-time collaboration features. Users can interact instantly with ChatGPT in a separate window, co-editing and optimizing content. Whether it's text improvement, language adjustments, or code review and fixes, Canvas is more than capable. Even more astonishing...

Recently, Doubao, the educational application from ByteDance's AI smart assistant brand, completed a major upgrade. This app aims to be a smart partner for learners and a valuable assistant for family education, providing support for the new term's studies. 'Doubao Aixue' has introduced multiple auxiliary learning features, including answering questions, homework correction, knowledge Q&A, essay guidance, and mental calculation practice, to meet the diverse needs of family education.

Kimi Smart Assistant, a subsidiary of Beijing Yue's Dark Side Technology Co., Ltd., recently announced that its Kimi API now supports online search functionality. This marks a significant enhancement in the interactive experience, allowing users to retrieve information from the Internet via the API. This update to the Kimi API enables developers to leverage this feature, allowing applications to 'surf the web' by automatically performing online searches and providing answers when encountering questions during conversations.

Vivo's OS product vice president Zhou Wei announced that the company will unveil its brand new Blue Heart Large Model at next month's developer conference. This new model will encompass large models in various fields including language, speech, vision, multimodal, and edge computing. Zhou emphasized in the statement that artificial intelligence (AI) will become a core technology and a key driver in the development of mobile operating systems over the next five years, playing a significant role in various modules such as audio-visual entertainment and office collaboration. Vivo plans to integrate the Blue Heart Large Model into its latest OriginOS 5 system.

IDC has released a report that thoroughly analyzes the domestic market for mobile generative AI large models, with a focus on evaluating the competitiveness of eight popular mobile chatbot applications, including Baidu Wenxin Yiyan. The evaluation is based on four dimensions: market influence, user activity, user engagement, and user experience. The results show that Baidu Wenxin Yiyan excels in multiple aspects, becoming a market leader. Kunlun Wanwei's Tiangong is recognized by users for its rich features and good integration with search engines, but it needs to improve user activity. ByteDance's Doubao is notable for its market influence and user activity.

Apple Inc. recently announced the upcoming release of a new and upgraded version of its intelligent assistant, Siri, in the fall of this year. This update brings a multitude of new features to Siri, significantly enhancing its performance and practicality. The new Siri will have a stronger language comprehension capability. Even if the user speaks in a stammered or confused manner, Siri can accurately understand the user's intent. For example, a user might say, "Siri, set an alarm, oh, wait, set

Google recently unveiled an innovative feature in the Gmail sidebar called the Gemini Smart Assistant, designed to provide users with a more efficient email handling experience through its AI model (Gemini 1.5 Pro). This new feature allows users to perform multiple tasks, including summarizing email threads, suggesting email replies, assisting in composing emails, and extracting specific information from their inbox or Google Drive files.

SenseTime has launched the AI office assistant 'Office Raccoon', developed based on large model capabilities, officially introducing the WeChat Mini Program version 'Raccoon Smart Assistant' today. Users can directly insert various file formats (such as xls/xlsx/csv/txt/json) in the WeChat Mini Program and can extract key points, generate charts, and output results in a streaming manner through simple conversation.

The public test for the Huawei P50 Pro phone Xiaoyi large model version has started, with version number 12.1.1.400 and a size of 65MB. The testing period is from 2024/2/20 to 2024/3/31. The Xiaoyi large model's intelligent assistant can perform more complex tasks and supports free speech in Mandarin and 10 dialects, improving voice recognition accuracy.

Opera has announced the upcoming release of its AI-powered Opera One browser, set to launch soon on the iPhone platform. This announcement comes in the context of Apple's compliance with the EU Digital Markets Act. The Opera One browser features a dedicated command line and shortcuts, allowing users to interact with Aria via ctrl+/ (Windows) or cmd+/ (Mac). The launch of Opera One signifies that users will have more choices on iPhone, experiencing a browser integrated with smart technology.

Meizu Flyme 10.5 will introduce a new smart assistant Aicy, which, powered by an AI large model, can answer various questions and provide encyclopedia, text writing, and other functionalities. Aicy can also serve as a personal assistant to solve life and work issues. Additionally, Aicy has the capability of generating creative inspirations for artworks. The Flyme AI large model has fully upgraded the gallery features.

NetEase announced its Q3 financial report with a net revenue of 27.3 billion yuan and over 12 billion yuan invested in R&D. NetEase's AI large model has been widely applied in core businesses and real-world scenarios. The NetEase Mail Smart Assistant has been approved, offering intelligent features such as AI email writing and email summarization. NetEase Youdao's educational large model supports the development of six major native applications. NetEase is increasing its investment in R&D and application of key technologies, including self-developed AI large models.

Baidu Pan launched the Yun Yiduo Smart Assistant at the Baidu World 2023 Conference. Yun Yiduo enables voice search and extracts video voice to text, and possesses multimodal information understanding. The number of users has reached 20 million, with technology leading globally. This move will enhance user experience and further elevate the intelligence level of Baidu Pan.

Alibaba International Station has released a new AI procurement assistant 'Smart Assistant'. This tool includes features such as image search, RFQ, and communication tools aimed at improving procurement efficiency for global small and medium-sized enterprises, especially for sourcing products from China.

Baidu Cloud Drive has launched the 'Yun Yiduo' intelligent assistant based on the Wenxin large model. 'Yun Yiduo' can quickly search for files and videos, summarize knowledge, translate documents, and meet content creation needs. Users can use voice commands to translate, summarize, convert formats for files, and quickly search for files and videos.