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Microsoft recently updated its 365 Copilot with new features, including AI-powered enterprise search, a reasoning agent, and a new Copilot store. Some users have access to these features now, while others may need to wait until May. The AI-powered enterprise search is a particular highlight. Microsoft states that Copilot search combines search with the power of AI to deliver more relevant and context-aware search results. This is from the Vice President of Microsoft's design and research department.

Tencent officially launched an AI reading assistant called "Penguin Reading Companion" on World Book Day. This innovative product is powered by Tencent's HunYuan large model and Tencent's Yuanqi platform. Led by Tencent SSV Digital Education Lab, it aims to provide a technologically advanced and engaging reading experience for primary and secondary school students.

Fujitsu and Nutanix have collaborated to release Takane, a powerful Japanese large language model designed for enterprise private cloud deployments. This collaboration aims to provide businesses with a secure and efficient solution for leveraging AI within their own infrastructure.

Relyance AI announces its new solution—the Data Journeys platform—designed to tackle a key challenge in enterprise AI implementation: understanding data flow within complex systems. By providing unprecedented data flow visualization, the platform helps businesses achieve compliance in an increasingly stringent regulatory environment. Image Note: Image generated by AI, image licensing provided by Midjourney. Relyance AI's Chief...

As Artificial Intelligence (AI) increasingly takes over business processes traditionally handled by humans, many AI agents will need to securely log into multiple systems to perform their tasks. To address the challenges enterprises face in modern credential management, leading password management company 1Password has announced the addition of secure AI agent capabilities to its Extended Access Management platform (XAM). Image Note: Image generated by AI, image licensing service provider Midjourney. In recent years, the rapid development of AI technology has raised concerns about...

At the grand opening of the 2025 Tencent Global Digital Ecology Conference in Chengdu, Tencent announced its latest enterprise-grade AI application – the Tencent Cloud Large Model Knowledge Engine. This innovative tool aims to provide businesses with more flexible atomic capabilities and application development models, helping them build their own knowledge management systems. The Tencent Cloud Large Model Knowledge Engine has reportedly been successfully implemented in various sectors, including finance, energy, transportation, retail, healthcare, government, education, and tourism. Numerous companies, such as Sichuan Wen...

At the recently concluded 2025 Tencent Global Digital Ecosystem Summit Chengdu Forum, Tencent Cloud Vice President Wang Qi delivered a compelling speech on how enterprises can effectively implement Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications. He highlighted that combining large models with knowledge bases is currently the optimal path for enterprises to achieve AI implementation. Wang Qi emphasized that Tencent Cloud adheres to a "core technology self-research + embracing advanced open source" multi-model strategy, a philosophy that permeates Tencent's comprehensive layout across underlying computing power, foundational large models, model development platforms, and intelligent applications. Image source note:

Xie Shaofeng, the chief engineer of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), stated that over 400 national-level specialized and innovative small and giant enterprises have been cultivated in the artificial intelligence field. The next step is to guide patient capital to increase support, accelerate the cultivation of a group of industry-leading enterprises and specialized and innovative SMEs. This includes building an open-source AI community, leveraging the role of the AI Standardization Technical Committee, and accelerating the development of key and urgently needed standards.

Doubao recently released a series of updates to its large models. Doubao 1.5 Deep Thinking model and Doubao Text-to-Image 3.0 model are now officially available via Volcano Engine's open APIs for developers and enterprise clients. These two models have achieved industry-leading performance in both reasoning and general tasks, and have made significant progress in visual reasoning and image generation.

Yiwu Mall Group announced its official integration with Alibaba's Tongyi large language model. Leveraging Alibaba's strengths in cloud computing, big data, and e-commerce, this collaboration will empower 2.1 million small and medium-sized merchants to leverage AI for precise business operations and rapid expansion into overseas markets. This partnership marks a significant step forward in Yiwu Mall Group's digital transformation and globalization strategy, and also highlights Alibaba's crucial role in driving the digital transformation of SMEs.

Volcano Engine today released an event pre-heating announcement, officially declaring that its new Doubao large model will be officially launched tomorrow (April 17th) at the FORCE LINK AI Innovation Tour Hangzhou station. Official information shows that this release will bring a brand-new upgrade to the Doubao large model family and will particularly introduce the highly anticipated Doubao 1.5 Deep Thinking Model. Previous reports revealed that the Doubao APP and desktop client have undergone multiple rounds of experimental testing for the "Deep Thinking Mode." After this release, the model will officially provide services to enterprise clients. It is understood that Doubao...

San Francisco-based Virtue AI today announced $30 million in seed and Series A funding. The round was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and Walden Catalyst Ventures, with participation from several other investors, including Prosperity7. Virtue AI is dedicated to eliminating the traditional trade-off between AI innovation and security, helping enterprises deploy AI safely and efficiently.

At the 8th Digital China Summit, Alibaba Cloud unveiled its new AIStack large model appliance, marking another significant advancement in its enterprise-grade AI solutions. This appliance integrates hardware and software for deep optimization, aiming to provide lightweight and cost-effective intelligent services to various industries including government, energy, and healthcare. The launch of AIStack is Alibaba Cloud's positive response to market demand for efficient and economical AI services. Designed specifically for enterprises, AIStack...