"Another company is throwing a pair of smart glasses into the ring. Chinese tech giant Alibaba unveiled its first smart glasses, the Quark AI Glasses, in July, and they are officially on pre-sale starting today, Oct. 24. Could they be Meta Ray-Bans' newest rival? The AI-infused glasses are powered by the company's Qwen large language model, which already has over 400 million downloads and 140,000 derivative downloads, Alibaba wrote in a press release at the time."
"Alongside the preorder announcement on Thursday, Alibaba also launched a new AI Chat Assistant within the Quark app. Users can query the assistant for conversations, ask questions, and more. The pre-sale launch of the smart glasses is now live in Asia, and interested customers can buy them through Tmall for 4,699 yuan ($659). Orders will ship in December, according to Alibaba."
Alibaba opened preorders in China for the Quark AI Glasses on Oct. 24, priced at 4,699 yuan ($659) with shipments scheduled for December. The glasses run on Alibaba's Qwen large language model, which has surpassed 400 million downloads and 140,000 derivative downloads. Hardware features include support for calls, music streaming, and language translation. The glasses integrate with Alibaba services such as Amap for navigation, Alipay for payments, Taobao for price comparisons, and Fliggy for travel bookings. A new AI Chat Assistant in the Quark app enables conversational queries. The product marks Alibaba's first consumer-facing AI offering and aligns with projected smart-glasses market growth.
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