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The Battle for Agent Entry Points: Big Tech Replacing 'Tools' with 'Toys'

Mo MoJul 232026/07/23 67 views

What surprised me most at this year's WAIC wasn't some model breaking another leaderboard record, but that big players like Baidu, Alibaba, and ByteDance all moved Agents from launch event PPTs to on-site experience zones simultaneously. Kids sat on Miaoda sofas building apps with natural language, while office workers gathered around tables in the Qianwen workspace organizing meeting minutes via voice—these scenarios seem ordinary, but behind them lies a clear strategic shift: rather than being the super Agent that solves every problem, big companies are more anxious to seize the "Agent entry point" on users' phones. This is essentially a replication of traffic thinking in the AI era, except this time, the form of the entry point has changed from a search box to a chat window.

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Long YunfanJul 30(edited)

[quote="moyan, post:1, topic:1443"]

What surprised me most about this year's WAIC wasn't another model topping a leaderboard, but major players like Baidu, Alibaba, and ByteDance simultaneously moving Agents from launch event PPTs to on-site experience zones. Kids sitting on Miaoda sofas building apps with natural language, office workers gathering around tables in the Qianwen office zone using voice to organize meeting minutes—these scenarios seem ordinary, but hide a clear strategic shift: rather than building that super Agent capable of solving all problems, big companies are more anxious to grab the "Agent entry point" on users' phones. This is essentially a replication of traffic thinking in the AI era, just...

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This scenario-based Agent approach offers inspiration for battery management too, but industrial scenarios have higher requirements for reliability and latency. I wonder if the power consumption and response time of these Agents on edge devices have actually been tested.