PANews reported on November 14th that Alibaba's Tongyi app has been simultaneously updated on both Apple and Android platforms and officially renamed "Qianwen" app, with the version number jumping directly from 3 to 5.0.0. The app's UI has been completely replaced with the "Qianwen" brand, and the interface layout is closer to ChatGPT. Reports indicate that an overseas version of Qianwen is also under development. Data shows that Alibaba's other AI assistant, Quark, saw its daily active users surpassed by ByteDance's Doubao in October, highlighting the pressure Alibaba faces in the AI competition. The launch of Qianwen is seen as a key move by Alibaba to "start from scratch" in its AI strategy.


