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On March 27, 2025, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, in a lecture at the New York Economic Club, shared the creative process behind his autobiography, "The Source Code," and delved into the development of artificial intelligence (AI) and its impact on global society. Regarding the timing of his memoir, Gates stated: "While I usually focus more on the future, with my 70th birthday approaching, Microsoft's 50th anniversary, and the Gates Foundation's 25th anniversary, I felt it was time to look back and share some important reflections." He specifically mentioned that this book...

On February 21, WeChat Work launched a new version, officially releasing AI features such as 'Smart Robot' and 'Smart Form - Customer Follow-Up Summary', along with the full version of the DeepSeek-R1 model in a grey release. Companies can create dedicated 'smart assistants' based on internal knowledge bases with a single click, and automatically summarize customer follow-up situations. Enhanced by AI, this greatly improves internal collaboration and customer service efficiency. Smart Robot Connects DeepSeek: Create Corporate 'All-Purpose Assistant' Without Development. In this update, WeChat Work is fully online.

Recently, Tencent launched an AI search function on its social platform WeChat, which became unusable due to server overload less than a day into its grayscale testing. According to Tencent, the feature utilizes the Hunyuan large model for searches and integrates the DeepSeek-R1 model to provide deeper thinking services. However, despite the very small user count participating in the testing, the call volume was extraordinarily high, resulting in frequent prompts stating 'Service is busy, please try again later.' In this situation, Tencent had to quickly take action.

On the morning of February 17, Tencent Holdings' stock price surged in the Hong Kong market, rising over 7.5% at one point, leading to an increase in market value of approximately 320 billion Hong Kong dollars (about 298.1 billion yuan). Related concept stocks also showed strong performance, with Weimob Group (02013.HK) up 15%, Yuanshen Group (00772.HK) up 11.97%, and Youzan (08083.HK) up 10.16%. The significant stock price increase may be related to the latest developments in WeChat Search. On February 16, Tencent announced that WeChat Search has integrated the mixed large model to provide AI search functionality.

According to a message released by the 'Baidu Search' public account on February 16, Baidu Search and the Wenxin Smart Agent platform will integrate DeepSeek and the deep search capabilities of the Wenxin large model to provide users with a higher quality search experience. The DeepSeek deep search function officially launched on February 13, featuring powerful planning and tool-calling capabilities. This new functionality aims to provide users with expert-level content responses and can handle multi-scenario task requirements, including support for multi-modal inputs and outputs. This means that users not only can...

On February 16, QQ Browser officially announced the integration of the full-version DeepSeek-R1 model, providing users with a more intelligent and convenient search experience. The integrated DeepSeek-R1 model features deep thinking, online search, multi-turn dialogue, and historical record retrieval, enabling it to deliver comprehensive, rapid, and high-quality responses.

Recently, WeChat's innovative initiatives in search functionality have garnered widespread attention. According to the latest news, WeChat Search has begun a gray testing phase with the integration of the DeepSeek R1 model, offering users a more intelligent AI search experience. Tencent representatives confirmed that WeChat Search is officially introducing the DeepSeek R1 model for testing, building on its enhanced AI search capabilities with mixed yuan large models. Users participating in the gray testing will be able to use the fully featured DeepSeek-R1 model for free, enjoying a more diverse search service.

Recently, Baidu Intelligent Cloud's Xiling Digital Human launched an innovative feature - the 'Feitie Happy New Year' WeChat mini program, injecting new technological vitality into traditional New Year greeting customs. This feature is free to the public during the Spring Festival, allowing users to quickly generate personalized digital human greeting videos by simply uploading a photo.

Recently, WeChat's official editing tool 'Instant Editing' has integrated various practical AI functions, making users' video creation more efficient. The new version of 'Instant Editing' adds three features: 'Public Account to Video', 'AI Comic Video', and 'Live Shopping Video', with a rich selection of templates for users to choose from. The 'Public Account to Video' feature allows users to directly convert articles from WeChat public accounts into videos. Users only need to click 'Public Account to Video', input the public account link, and the system will automatically recognize the content of the article.

Recently, the WeChat Official Platform quietly launched a meaningful new feature - 'AI Image Generation'. Users only need to input a description to generate images related to their content, which undoubtedly enhances content creation efficiency. According to reports, the AI image generation feature is developed by Tencent based on third-party generation technology services for WeChat Official Accounts users. This service utilizes model algorithm mechanisms based on Tencent's Mixed Yuan Assistant model. In use, operators only need to log in to their WeChat Official Account.

The WeChat platform has introduced a new feature - 'Author Reading Voice', allowing public account authors to provide voiceovers for their articles using personalized voices. This feature means that readers can click '🎧 Listen to Full Text' to hear the article read by the author in their own voice, enhancing the interactivity and personalization of the reading experience.

WeChat's Coral Security recently issued a statement emphasizing the platform's determination to combat the improper marketing behavior that uses AI technology to impersonate notable figures. The announcement mentioned that WeChat is committed to creating a safe, healthy, and green online environment. In response to the recent phenomenon of using AI technology to impersonate celebrities for marketing purposes, WeChat has quickly taken action and seriously dealt with a number of violations.

The backend of WeChat Official Accounts has recently undergone an update, introducing a new feature called 'AI Image Generation', aimed at simplifying the process of selecting and inserting images for content creators during article editing. This new feature allows creators to not only choose images from the image library or upload from their local devices but also to quickly generate images that match the article content using AI technology.

According to AI media outlet 'Digital Life Kazek', WeChat Official Accounts have quietly rolled out a new feature - AI Voice Cloning, aimed at enhancing users' reading experience. This update is reflected in version 2.29.1 of the official accounts, allowing users to read articles in their own voice, greatly enhancing content personalization. Users can find the 'Reading Voice' option in the backend settings to create their own unique voice. The process of creating a voice is relatively simple; users just need to read a piece of text on the spot, and the system will quickly perform voice cloning.

Tencent announced today that its newly developed AI Smart Workspace ima.copilot (abbreviated as ima) is officially open to users in its Windows version. This product not only offers search capabilities but also answers user questions, creates text, and generates images, showcasing Tencent's in-depth exploration and technological strength in the field of artificial intelligence.

Recently, some media reports indicated that WeChat is conducting gray testing of the AI Q&A feature, allowing some users to input questions in the WeChat search box to trigger the AI Q&A function. The AI Q&A can generate an approximately 400-word response in about 20 seconds and provide 5 reference materials from WeChat official accounts. The test results show that the AI Q&A feature currently mainly cites WeChat official accounts as reference materials.