Alipay launches agent prize to unlock AI’s ‘eight hours beyond work’
AI agents could make services that once relied on scarce experts or were too costly to deliver at scale available to a much wider population.
AI agents could make services that once relied on scarce experts or were too costly to deliver at scale available to a much wider population.

Robbyant has positioned itself as an intelligence-layer provider, following a “build the brain, not the body” strategy.

The company originated from Ant’s blockchain laboratory and has since expanded into three core business areas: AI services, blockchain services and cloud services.
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The investment marks a broader expansion of Ant’s healthcare strategy — moving beyond access to medical services and into everyday health management.

Robots have long struggled with visual perception in challenging environments involving transparent glass, reflective surfaces, small objects and complex lighting conditions.

The appointment of He is particularly notable given his long-standing ties to Alibaba.

Instead of searching for services manually, users can ask the assistant to perform tasks or surface the relevant service directly.

The company said the system is the first in China to deploy a structured “AI answer plus doctor verification” collaboration model in a consumer-facing application.

The overhaul is being viewed as one of the most significant changes in Alipay’s history.

WorldOlympiad aims to address a key challenge in the fast-growing field of world models: the lack of unified evaluation standards.