By transforming Quark into an intuitive AI super assistant, Alibaba aims to leverage its foundation models to further improve end-user experiences. This is part of its ongoing effort to turn innovations into practical daily applications. The upgraded Quark will gradually be made available to all users, starting with a pilot launched today.

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. unveiled a new version of its AI assistant mobile app that incorporates its latest in-house model, another in a series of product rollouts intended to help the company keep pace with Chinese artificial intelligence rivals.