July 7 — Alipay said it has launched its AI open platform and opened invited
testing to enterprise developers and third-party development service providers.
The platform lets merchants and institutions AI-enable service capabilities,
integrate the Abao assistant to deliver intelligent services to about 1 billion
users, and support cross-device connectivity — linking smartphones, vehicle head
units, AI glasses, IoT devices and large-model platforms to enable one-time
integration, multi-end distribution and unified management.