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Chinese Tech Firms Unveil AI Agent Products at Shanghai Conference
Major Chinese technology companies introduced new enterprise AI agent platforms at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai. The offerings aim to integrate autonomous AI tools into business operations.
Jul 19, 8:00 AM·1m read3 sources
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The four-day event concludes on Monday. Ant Digital Technologies, the digital technology arm of Ant Group, unveiled "Agentar 2.0" on Sunday. The platform includes 200 pre-configured digital expert templates and hundreds of agent tools that allow companies to deploy autonomous AI workers without building them from scratch.
Holdings, Alibaba Group Holding, and Baidu also launched or showcased offerings at the conference. The products are designed to integrate AI into real-world enterprise operations. Ant Group CEO Cyril Han Xinyi said the company seeks to create AI agents that restructure enterprise workflows rather than accelerate individual tasks.
"This shifts the focus from individual efficiency to a wholesale upgrade of the organisation's collective productivity," Han said. The conference highlights competition among Chinese technology firms to capture business clients as agent-based AI adoption increases.
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