Alibaba's Metis agent cuts redundant AI tool calls from 98% to 2% — and gets more accurate doing it

Alibaba's HDPO framework trains AI agents to skip unnecessary tool calls, cutting redundant invocations from 98% to 2% while ...
中国日报网

ByteDance-backed Volcano Engine says Doubao model hits 120t daily tokens

Token usage of the Doubao large language model has surged past 120 trillion per day, its operator Volcano Engine said on Thursday, underscoring explosive enterprise demand for generative AI services ...
Benzinga.com

Live Conference Call Transcripts API

Looking for a comprehensive and reliable source of Conference Call Transcripts? Benzinga creates a real time transcripts feed, so investors can stay in the know, while the call is happening. The ...
The New York Times

China’s Parents Are Outsourcing the Homework Grind to A.I.

Parents in China are turning to A.I. chatbots and other tools to help their children gain an edge and ease the fighting over homework. Credit... Supported by By Vivian Wang and Jiawei Wang Vivian Wang ...
Reuters

ByteDance's AI chatbot Doubao wins China holiday battle with 100 million users

Doubao leveraged Spring Festival Gala partnership for growth, survey says Qwen maintained 22 mln DAUs post-holiday, supported by practical features and functionality Yuanbao's DAUs peaked at 50 mln ...
Reuters

China’s ByteDance releases Doubao 2.0 AI model for 'agent era'

China's ByteDance releases new AI model Doubao 2.0 ByteDance's release anticipates DeepSeek's unveiling of new product Doubao most-used AI chatbot app in China but facing pressure from Alibaba's Qwen ...
TechNode

ByteDance to launch second-gen Doubao phone in Q2, sources say

ByteDance launched its Doubao smartphone assistant project in late 2025 and plans to release a new handset in mid-to-late second quarter of 2026, people familiar with the matter said. Supply chain ...
CNBC

Chinese tech giants enter the 'agentic commerce' race as AI reshapes super apps

Chinese tech firms are turning AI chatbots into full-service shopping and payment tools. Alibaba, Tencent and ByteDance are racing to build AI-powered super apps. U.S. firms lead in AI models, but ...
Android Authority

Here's how you'll finally be able to set up your own Calling Card on Android

We’ve managed to enable the upcoming “My Calling Card” feature in Google’s Phone app. You can now create your own Calling Card, choose a photo, customize fonts, and control who sees it. If someone ...
VentureBeat

Why “which API do I call?” is the wrong question in the LLM era

For decades, we have adapted to software. We learned shell commands, memorized HTTP method names and wired together SDKs. Each interface assumed we would speak its language. In the 1980s, we typed ...
WBUR

Python’s Drum | Ep. 309

Think about someone you’d call a friend. What’s it like when you’re with them? Do you feel connected? Like the two of you are in sync? In today’s story, we’ll meet two friends who have always been in ...
Gizmochina

ByteDance’s Agentic AI Phone Sparks Panic and Nationwide App Bans

ByteDance’s new agentic AI smartphone faces major pushback from major Chinese apps over security and fairness concerns. The company has restricted its AI agent, Doubao, after reports of blocked logins ...