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Alibaba unveils AI models for robots, amid shift from chatbots to agents

June 16, 2026 12:37 AM EDT

FILE PHOTO: People visit an Alibaba booth during the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai, China July 26, 2025. REUTERS/Go Nakamura/File Photo

BEIJING, ‌June ​16 (Reuters) - ​Chinese tech ‌and e-commerce giant ⁠Alibaba unveiled ‌on Tuesday its ‌first suite of ​AI models for ⁠robots, as China's ​tech industry shifts its focus ​from ‌chatbots to the ⁠more lucrative business ⁠of agents that ​can execute complex tasks and ‌make machines more ‌intelligent.

(Reporting ⁠by Eduardo ‌Baptista; ​Editing by Tom ‌Hogue)



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