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“The innovations underscore Alibaba’s growing role as a leader in applied generative AI, delivering intelligent solutions that are not only technologically advanced but deeply integrated into everyday experiences and industrial workflows,” said Jingren Zhou, CTO of Alibaba Cloud Intelligence.
Alibaba Launches Next-Generation AI Cockpit Experience:
Alibaba has unveiled its latest large multimodal model (LMM) solution powered by Qwen and specifically designed for automotive intelligent cockpits, developed in collaboration with global semiconductor leader Qualcomm and Banma, its intelligent cockpit solution provider. Built on Alibaba’s Qwen models’ visual understanding and multimodal capabilities, the system runs on Qualcomm’s latest Snapdragon 8397 platform, delivering a more natural, intuitive, and proactive in-car AI experience.
At the heart of the system is Yan AI, Banma’s intelligent assistant, which leverages Qwen’s advanced language understanding, visual processing, and contextual reasoning to enable seamless human-vehicle interaction. Drivers can use natural voice commands to reserve restaurant tables, purchase movie tickets, request navigation, or find the fastest route. Beyond reactive responses, Yan AI anticipates user needs-suggesting adjustments to cabin temperature, recommending music playlists during long drives, making the mobility experience more smoothing.
Global Enterprises Harness Qwen to Drive Efficiency and Innovation
Alibaba also spotlighted how global industry leaders are leveraging Qwen to transform their operations, from accelerating product innovation to building smarter, more sustainable cities.
For example, Signify, the world leader in lighting, has launched the industry’s first GenAI agent powered by Alibaba’s self-developed large language model Qwen. By harnessing Qwen’s advanced capability to effectively handle complex tasks, the GenAI agent has been integrated into Signify’s connected street lighting system Interact City Flex that monitors, controls and manages street lighting, to further reduce energy consumption while boosting maintenance efficiency. Powered by Qwen, the upgraded system simplifies operation by allowing users to generate and deploy AI-driven dimming strategies through natural language commends. It also flags anomalies and provides solutions to improve efficiency on facility management and maintenance.
“Digital transformation in urban environments relies on intelligent systems that make city management smarter and more sustainable,” said Hans Nikol, Head of Open Innovation of Signify.“By making use of Alibaba’s Qwen model in our GenAI Agent, we’re empowering cities to proactively reduce energy consumption and lower operational costs. This collaboration marks an important step in intelligent city management and underlines our commitment to innovation and our vision for greener, brighter cities.”
Quark AI Glasses: Alibaba’s Entry into the Future of Wearable Intelligence
Alibaba has entered the AI wearables market with the debut of Quark AI Glasses, its first self-developed smart eyewear. Seamlessly powered by the Qwen large language model and Quark’s multimodal AI capabilities, the device is designed to serve as an intelligent, all-day wearable assistant that blends style, comfort, and functionality.
Lightweight and ergonomically designed, Quark AI Glasses support hands-free calling, music streaming, real-time language translation, and meeting transcription-making them ideal for professionals, travelers, and tech-savvy users. The glasses are engineered to deliver smooth AI-enabled interactions, featuring long battery life and high-quality imaging to ensure a premium user experience.
A key highlight is the deep integration with Alibaba’s ecosystem. Users can access navigation through Amap’s innovative near-eye display system, optimized for walking and cycling. They can also use Alipay to watch and pay, compare prices on Taobao while shopping, receive travel alerts from Fliggy -all through voice interactions.
Quark AI Glasses are scheduled for official release in China by the end of 2025, marking a significant step in Alibaba’s vision to bring ambient, context-aware AI into daily life.
As the Qwen series continues to evolve, Alibaba remains committed to open innovation, empowering developers, businesses, and governments worldwide to build the intelligent future. With over 400 million downloads and more than 140,000 derivative models created, the Qwen model series has become one of the most widely adopted open-source AI series globally.
About Alibaba Cloud:
Established in 2009, Alibaba Cloud i the digital technology and intelligence backbone of Alibaba Group. It offers a complete suite of cloud services to customers worldwide, including elastic computing, database, storage, network virtualization services, large-scale computing, security, big data analytics, machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) services. Alibaba has been named the leading IaaS provider in Asia Pacific by revenue in U.S. dollars since 2018, according to Gartner. It has also maintained its position as one of the world’s leading public cloud IaaS service providers since 2018, according to IDC.
“The innovations underscore Alibaba’s growing role as a leader in applied generative AI, delivering intelligent solutions that are not only technologically advanced but deeply integrated into everyday experiences and industrial workflows,” said Jingren Zhou, CTO of Alibaba Cloud Intelligence.
Alibaba Launches Next-Generation AI Cockpit Experience:
Alibaba has unveiled its latest large multimodal model (LMM) solution powered by Qwen and specifically designed for automotive intelligent cockpits, developed in collaboration with global semiconductor leader Qualcomm and Banma, its intelligent cockpit solution provider. Built on Alibaba’s Qwen models’ visual understanding and multimodal capabilities, the system runs on Qualcomm’s latest Snapdragon 8397 platform, delivering a more natural, intuitive, and proactive in-car AI experience.
At the heart of the system is Yan AI, Banma’s intelligent assistant, which leverages Qwen’s advanced language understanding, visual processing, and contextual reasoning to enable seamless human-vehicle interaction. Drivers can use natural voice commands to reserve restaurant tables, purchase movie tickets, request navigation, or find the fastest route. Beyond reactive responses, Yan AI anticipates user needs-suggesting adjustments to cabin temperature, recommending music playlists during long drives, making the mobility experience more smoothing.
Global Enterprises Harness Qwen to Drive Efficiency and Innovation
Alibaba also spotlighted how global industry leaders are leveraging Qwen to transform their operations, from accelerating product innovation to building smarter, more sustainable cities.
For example, Signify, the world leader in lighting, has launched the industry’s first GenAI agent powered by Alibaba’s self-developed large language model Qwen. By harnessing Qwen’s advanced capability to effectively handle complex tasks, the GenAI agent has been integrated into Signify’s connected street lighting system Interact City Flex that monitors, controls and manages street lighting, to further reduce energy consumption while boosting maintenance efficiency. Powered by Qwen, the upgraded system simplifies operation by allowing users to generate and deploy AI-driven dimming strategies through natural language commends. It also flags anomalies and provides solutions to improve efficiency on facility management and maintenance.
“Digital transformation in urban environments relies on intelligent systems that make city management smarter and more sustainable,” said Hans Nikol, Head of Open Innovation of Signify.“By making use of Alibaba’s Qwen model in our GenAI Agent, we’re empowering cities to proactively reduce energy consumption and lower operational costs. This collaboration marks an important step in intelligent city management and underlines our commitment to innovation and our vision for greener, brighter cities.”
Quark AI Glasses: Alibaba’s Entry into the Future of Wearable Intelligence
Alibaba has entered the AI wearables market with the debut of Quark AI Glasses, its first self-developed smart eyewear. Seamlessly powered by the Qwen large language model and Quark’s multimodal AI capabilities, the device is designed to serve as an intelligent, all-day wearable assistant that blends style, comfort, and functionality.
Lightweight and ergonomically designed, Quark AI Glasses support hands-free calling, music streaming, real-time language translation, and meeting transcription-making them ideal for professionals, travelers, and tech-savvy users. The glasses are engineered to deliver smooth AI-enabled interactions, featuring long battery life and high-quality imaging to ensure a premium user experience.
A key highlight is the deep integration with Alibaba’s ecosystem. Users can access navigation through Amap’s innovative near-eye display system, optimized for walking and cycling. They can also use Alipay to watch and pay, compare prices on Taobao while shopping, receive travel alerts from Fliggy -all through voice interactions.
Quark AI Glasses are scheduled for official release in China by the end of 2025, marking a significant step in Alibaba’s vision to bring ambient, context-aware AI into daily life.
As the Qwen series continues to evolve, Alibaba remains committed to open innovation, empowering developers, businesses, and governments worldwide to build the intelligent future. With over 400 million downloads and more than 140,000 derivative models created, the Qwen model series has become one of the most widely adopted open-source AI series globally.
About Alibaba Cloud:
Established in 2009, Alibaba Cloud i the digital technology and intelligence backbone of Alibaba Group. It offers a complete suite of cloud services to customers worldwide, including elastic computing, database, storage, network virtualization services, large-scale computing, security, big data analytics, machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) services. Alibaba has been named the leading IaaS provider in Asia Pacific by revenue in U.S. dollars since 2018, according to Gartner. It has also maintained its position as one of the world’s leading public cloud IaaS service providers since 2018, according to IDC.
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