Alibaba launched Qianwen Office 2.0 on 9 November with agents that can work alongside several people in shared project spaces, Pandaily reported, citing DingTalk, Alibaba’s workplace-software platform. A space can link DingTalk group chats, documents, AI spreadsheets and meeting notes, although an ordinary group member needs administrator approval to link a chat. Automatic Tasks can start an agent when a specified person sends a message, a group message mentions a user or an approval task arrives, instead of waiting for a scheduled time.
Collecting updates from group chats could feed a shared spreadsheet without copying each submission by hand, provided the chats are linked and the agent handles the information correctly.
DingTalk says five Intime Department Store staff previously collected submissions from more than 60 store group chats and re-entered them into a spreadsheet; after the chats and an AI spreadsheet were linked, the agent gathered the information and updated the table. The company gave no measured time saving for the example. A co-editing feature also lets people and agents change DingTalk documents, AI spreadsheets or Yida low-code apps in place. Pricing, user numbers and independent accuracy testing in shared spaces were not disclosed, Pandaily reported. Enterprise administrators can disable remote control in the mobile app.
