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NDTV
10-05-2025
- Business
- NDTV
Quark, China's Most Popular AI App, Launches 'Deep Search' Feature For Users
Beijing: Quark, the artificial intelligence (AI) application from Alibaba Group, has come up with an all-new 'deep search' function. It answers complex queries by users by combining the reasoning capabilities of its AI models and online search. The update is available across different platforms, including smartphones and PCs, according to the South China Morning Post. This comes after Quark clocked nearly 150 million monthly active users (MAUs) around the world to emerge as the most popular AI application in China in March 2025. It left behind ByteDance's Doubao as well as DeepSeek by a huge margin. They could only manage to get around 100 million and 77 million users, respectively. Quark claims its AI application is different from other conventional search engines that mainly rely on keywords. It can deliver "accurate" responses to user queries, as "deep search" feature takes maximum advantage of the Qwen AI models by Alibaba. A few months ago, the group announced revamping the web-search and cloud storage tool into the AI assistant -- a move that allowed the company to strengthen its footing in the AI industry. Zhang Fan, head of Quark's search business, said they will continue to enhance the deep search function and "focus on user needs" in its bid to emerge as an "all-around AI assistant," South China Morning Post reported. To use the 'deep search' function, you can ask a question in the mobile app. It will then analyse the user query and do an online search in a phased manner. It adjusts and refines its reasoning process by utilising the search results to offer a response to the user. Quark is not the first in the country to combine AI reasoning with online search. Similar features were earlier announced by the Kimi chatbot from Moonshot AI. This comes at a time when the internet search business worldwide is believed to be grappling with various challenges from various AI tools, the report stated. A few days ago, Apple's senior vice-president Eddie Cue said that Google searches on iPhone's Safari browser had fallen for the first time last month, as per The Verge. Speaking at Google's antitrust trial on Wednesday, Mr Cue noted this "never happened in 22 years". The decline in searches was linked by the Apple official to the growing use of artificial intelligence. As per reports, Apple receives nearly $20 billion from Google to make its search engine the default in Safari.
South China Morning Post
09-05-2025
- Business
- South China Morning Post
Alibaba's Quark, China's most popular AI app, launches ‘deep search'
Alibaba Group Holding 's artificial intelligence (AI) app Quark has introduced a 'deep search' function, as Chinese tech companies strive to redefine search engines in the AI era. Advertisement Unlike conventional search engines that rely on keywords, the 'deep search' feature leverages Alibaba's Qwen AI models by combining reasoning capabilities with online search to deliver accurate responses to complex queries, according to Quark. The new search engine is the latest consumer-facing AI product from Alibaba, owner of the South China Morning Post, as the Hangzhou-based tech giant seeks to build on the strength of its foundation models to improve app experiences for ordinary users. Quark 'will focus on user needs and continually enhance the deep search function' to establish itself as 'an all-around AI assistant', said Zhang Fan, head of Quark's search business. A Quark advertisement seen at an airport in Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Photo: Simon Song Described as a super assistant, Quark has quickly become the most popular AI app in China since March, surpassing competitors like Doubao, owned by TikTok parent ByteDance, as well as DeepSeek, according to which tracks AI products' popularity. Advertisement
Korea Herald
08-04-2025
- Automotive
- Korea Herald
GAC Accelerates European Expansion as AION UT and AION V Shine at Milan Design Week
MILAN, April 8, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- On April 8th, during Milan Design Week, GAC marks its third consecutive event at the prestigious Milan Design Week, a pinnacle event in the global design industry, where visionary art met global culture and cutting-edge technology merged with fashion. At the event, GAC marked the European debut of the AION UT and the return of the AION V, GAC unveils the fourth concept model from its Car Culture series, CC4, and announces the topic of GAC Design Award 2025, Beauty of Tomorrow II: AI Works. Senior executives—including Zhang Fan, Head of GAC Design; Thomas Schemera, Global COO of GAC INTERNATIONAL; and Stéphane Janin, Director of GAC Advanced Design Center Europe—engaged in exclusive dialogues with media and guests, covering GAC's design philosophy, the Europe Market Plan, and the roadmap for its Milan Advanced Design Center. Thomas Schemera emphasized, "By empowering production through design, we aim to deliver products with outstanding design, top-tier quality, and pioneering technology—ultimately creating better mobility experiences for European consumers." GAC transformed Via Tortona 16 into an immersive exhibition space blending bold design and advanced technology. The showcase highlighted two global strategic models—AION UT and AION V—featuring smooth silhouettes, refined contours, and precision-crafted bodies. The AION UT, born in the GAC Milan Advanced Design Center, harmonizes Italian design aesthetics with local market preferences. It features the world's first eyebrow-inspired headlight design, a 14.6-inch central touchscreen, an 8.88-inch digital instrument display, L2 intelligent driving assistance, high-strength sidewalls, and an embrace-style backbone body structure, all exceeding European safety standards. Its 2 nd Generation Magazine Battery enables fast charging from 30% to 80% in just 24 minutes and is gunshot resistant. The AION V also returned to Europe, offering a driving experience that exceeds expectations. Equipped with the 2nd Generation Magazine Battery and a 2.3-meter ultra-long side curtain airbag, it creates a highly secure "mobile fortress" for passengers. At Milan Design Week, GAC INTERNATIONAL also shared updates on its Europe Market Plan, driven by the vision "In Europe, For Europe, Integrating into Europe, Serving Europe, and Contributing to Europe." With the upcoming launch of AION UT and AION V in Europe, along with AION and Hyptec brand models introduced through the strategic partnership between Jameel Motors and GAC set for the Polish market in Q3 2025.
