Qwen App sits on Alibaba's entire ecosystem. Taobao. Alipay. Fliggy. Amap. One AI interface controlling everything. Hit 100M users in 2 months because it actually saves time instead of just talking about it.
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Native AI payment via Alipay for ordering bubble tea in chat
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Native AI payment through Alipay.
— God of Prompt (@godofprompt) 19 janvier 2026
Order bubble tea → applies discounts → completes payment in chat → food arrives.
Zero friction. Actually works. pic.twitter.com/VPhuabl6bDNative AI payment through Alipay. Order bubble tea → applies discounts → completes payment in chat → food arrives. Zero friction. Actually works.
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Alibaba’s Qwen App evolves from AI talk to AI execution
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@AlibabaGroup just dropped something wild. Qwen App went from "AI that talks" to "AI that executes". Order food, book flights, pay bills, call restaurants, process 100 documents… all in one chat. No app switching. No manual workflows. Just done.
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Mallaby: OpenAI Failure Not Indictment of AI, Just Hype’s End
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Mallaby's verdict: "An OpenAI failure wouldn't be an indictment of AI. It would be merely the end of its most hype-driven builder." The pioneers who cross the ocean first aren't always the ones who colonize it.
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Run SWE agents on remote VMs via Agents API
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Now you can run many SWE agents like Claude Code, Codex CLI, Gemini CLI and others on remote VMs, managed with a single Agents API released by @blackboxai
— 🚨 AI News | TestingCatalog (@testingcatalog) 19 janvier 2026
AI Agents outsource 🤖 https://t.co/MMUN4SPlwC pic.twitter.com/I0k7v6BDriNow you can run many SWE agents like Claude Code, Codex CLI, Gemini CLI and others on remote VMs, managed with a single Agents API released by @blackboxai AI Agents outsource
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Hand Gesture Recognition Transforms Workspace Productivity
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What if your desk could understand your hand gestures? Carlo’s #SmarterSpaces project will test hand-pose detection on Metis to trigger intuitive “super commands”, like screenshots or OCR. A playful, powerful upgrade for the workspace. Follow along: https://
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Amazon Zoox: autonomous electric robotaxi reshaping urban mobility
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El futuro del transporte ya circula: Zoox, el robotaxi eléctrico y autónomo de Amazon, cambia la forma de movernos por la ciudad 🚕⚡ pic.twitter.com/eiozVswqlM
— Juan Merodio (@juanmerodio) 19 janvier 2026El futuro del transporte ya circula: Zoox, el robotaxi eléctrico y autónomo de Amazon, cambia la forma de movernos por la ciudad
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Life Architecture Document: AI System in 15 Minutes
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1/ Run the full prompt. 2/ Fill in your available time, current frustration, and responsibilities. 3/ Answer the questions honestly. The AI will build your personal Life Architecture Document. This isn't motivation. It's a system. The original article took 15 minutes to
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AI thinking reminiscent of early computer boot times, future instant intelligence
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watching AI while it’s thinking reminds me of early days of computers waiting 30 minutes for your machine to start and today’s macbooks take seconds makes one think about near-instant intelligence of the future and its implications
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Claude outperformed every human candidate on Anthropic’s engineering test
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here's the part that stuck with me. claude outperformed every human candidate who's ever taken anthropic's internal engineering hiring test. not most. every single one in the company's history. a 2-hour rigorous assessment designed to filter for elite engineers. so what