Amap takes AI-powered traffic light countdown feature overseas
The company said the service has already achieved full coverage across the Chinese mainland as well as Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan, spanning nearly 500,000 traffic-light intersections.
The company said the service has already achieved full coverage across the Chinese mainland as well as Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan, spanning nearly 500,000 traffic-light intersections.
The company said the AI achieved a 99% accuracy rate in identifying merchant requests and resolved more than 95% of submitted issues.
The rapid uptake of the service reflects a broader shift in AI services from chatbot-style interaction toward task execution.
Alibaba Cloud’s external commercial revenue rose 40% during the quarter, the fastest pace in nine quarters.
The new system marks what Alibaba described as the e-commerce industry’s first customer service agent capable of completing operational workflows rather than simply answering questions.
The new education platform, introduced under Alibaba’s enterprise AI unit Wukong, integrates AI into four core areas of campus operations: teaching, research, student services and administration.
The move marks one of the world’s first deep integrations between a large-scale e-commerce marketplace and a top-tier large language model platform.
More than 40,000 guests registered for this year’s event on May 10, coinciding with Mother’s Day and the 22nd edition of Alibaba’s annual open-campus carnival.
Unlike passive interactions that respond only when prompted, the S1 now combines time, location, and environmental cues to provide anticipatory alerts.
Travel-related queries accounted for a sharply higher share of total usage, with nearly 90% of users asking for destination ideas and full itineraries.