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  1. Krypton Evening News | Musk's SpaceX Launches Largest IPO Plan in History; First Comprehensive Driver Service Map Launched Nationwide; General Administration of Customs Releases Several Measures to Support the Construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area in Guangdong

    Alibaba's flagship Qwen3.7-Max model has achieved the top spot among Chinese large language models and ranks fifth globally, demonstrating performance comparable to leading models like GPT and Claude. This advancement is part of Alibaba's broader strategy to integrate AI into its e-commerce platforms for user acquisition and engagement. Meanwhile, AMD has begun mass production of its next-generation EPYC processors using TSMC's 2nm process, marking a significant step in high-performance computing. AI

    IMPACT Sets a new benchmark for Chinese LLMs, potentially driving further competition and development in the domestic AI sector.

  2. Tmall 618 officially launches on May 21st, with the biggest discounts in the past 5 years.

    Tmall's 618 shopping festival, beginning May 21st, is offering its largest discounts in five years, with official reductions and coupons bringing prices down to 7.3折 (approximately 73% of original price). Consumers can also benefit from an expanded national subsidy program covering 32 categories of home appliances and digital products, potentially reducing prices by up to 50%. This year's event also introduces an AI shopping assistant within the Taobao app to help users navigate deals and generate savings plans. AI

    IMPACT Introduces AI shopping assistant to help consumers navigate discounts and generate savings plans.

  3. Spot silver breaks below $75/oz

    Alibaba's Chairman and CEO highlighted the strategic importance of instant retail in their shareholder letter, emphasizing its role in acquiring new users and enhancing engagement on Taobao and Tmall. They noted that AI is a key driver in this strategy, improving user acquisition, retention, and transaction volume. This focus on instant retail signifies a core pillar for the platforms' future upgrades and commercialization efforts. AI

    IMPACT Highlights how AI is being integrated into e-commerce strategies to drive user acquisition and engagement.

  4. Towards Sustainable Growth: A Multi-Value-Aware Retrieval Framework for E-Commerce Search

    Researchers have developed a new retrieval framework called GrowthGR for e-commerce search engines to address the issue of prioritizing popular items over new ones. This framework includes a module to predict an item's long-term transaction value and another that uses this prediction to balance short-term conversion with long-term growth potential. When deployed on Taobao, GrowthGR led to a 5.3% increase in new item gross merchandise volume and a 0.3% rise in overall search GMV, demonstrating its positive impact on the platform's ecosystem. AI

    IMPACT Improves e-commerce search by balancing new item discovery with popular item conversion, potentially increasing platform revenue.