October 30, 05:00Pandaily

Doubao Work provides access to Kimi, GLM, and DeepSeek models for corporate clients

Doubao Work, ByteDance's artificial intelligence agent application, announced on October 29th that it is expanding its functionality by providing access to third-party models for business clients. The first group of integrated models includes Moonshot AI's Kimi K3.1 Pro, Zhipu's GLM-5.3, and DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash. These models are now displayed in the application's model list alongside Doubao's proprietary models from ByteDance.

This update applies to team and enterprise subscription plans and is activated by default. Companies are not required to purchase separate access rights from each model developer or submit individual applications. Resource consumption is deducted from the AI credits that the organization already holds in Doubao Work.

Model Access Management

Administrators gain the ability to control which users can use a specific model. They can grant access to individual members, departments, groups, or the entire company. Furthermore, administrators can enable all models from one provider simultaneously or configure the use of a single specific model.

This move changes the positioning of Doubao Work. Previously, the application primarily served as a demonstration of ByteDance's Doubao models within an agent capable of interacting with files, browsers, and desktop applications. By allowing enterprises to direct tasks to competing Chinese models, the core product becomes the agent itself, rather than the underlying model. This also allows teams to choose a model based on the task type, such as using a coding-oriented model for engineering work and another model for handling long documents.

This development aligns with a broader trend among Chinese desktop agent products. This week, Xiaomi added DeepSeek, GLM, Kimi, and Qwen models to its MiMo Desktop, and several other agent tools have made similar moves. For enterprise-level buyers, a unified billing system and standardized permissions for multiple model developers significantly simplify the procurement process, which previously required comparing solutions from different manufacturers.

Doubao Work is continuously expanding its feature set. In recent weeks, capabilities such as saving recorded computer actions as reusable skills, importing chat history, skills, and memory from other AI tools with a single click, and an infinite creative canvas have been added. The application also supports parallel agents and local graphical interface control on Mac.

ByteDance has not specified what other third-party models will follow this initial batch, describing the current composition as the first group of models joining the platform.

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pandaily.comOctober 28, 09:59

Doubao Work and Tencent WorkBuddy Expand Desktop Agent Functionality for Mobile Device Interaction

Two widely used desktop AI agents in China, Doubao Work and Tencent WorkBuddy, released updates on October 28th aimed at similar goals: ensuring continuous agent operation on the computer even when the user steps away, and providing users with more convenient ways to monitor the process via their phone.

Doubao Work Learns from Demonstration Examples.

ByteDance announced that the capabilities of Doubao Work, its productivity agent, have been improved through more accurate and faster screen clicking. The main new feature is the recording capability. A user can now demonstrate a task on their computer once, narrating the steps as they perform them. After the recording is complete, Doubao Work converts these actions and voice narration into a personalized skill. When a similar task arises in the future, the user selects this skill and only explains the differences, instead of re-describing all the stages.

Previously, Doubao Work could record browser actions as skills, but now this function extends to controlling the entire computer. The second change concerns Mac users. Thanks to a new setting allowing Doubao to operate while the screen is locked, tasks requiring computer control continue to execute after the Mac is locked. A user who leaves their workstation can send a new task to this locked Mac from their phone and view the results there, then resume work after unlocking it.

In recent weeks, Doubao Work has also received several additional features, including chat and memory import from other assistants, a canvas, and parallel agents.

WorkBuddy Adds Real-Time Remote Control Feature.

Tencent introduced a remote control mode for WorkBuddy within the Tencent EdgeOne team's technical support. Launching the mobile application allows connection to the user's computer and displays a live view of the desktop, enabling the user to track every action performed by the agent. This live view is displayed in a small floating window above the chat, while the input field remains active, allowing the user to correct the agent if it deviates from the course.

In full-screen landscape mode, tapping on the phone simulates a click at the same point on the computer and also provides a keyboard panel, common shortcuts, and a virtual mouse for fine adjustments. The setup on Mac requires enabling single-account remote connections and granting screen recording and accessibility permissions. Tencent asserts that only one verified phone can connect to the computer simultaneously, the session runs over an encrypted channel, and user input and remote screen images are not saved, while remote control uses data traffic but not tokens.

Collectively, these updates demonstrate a trend toward developing desktop agents capable of functioning in the background, with the phone serving as a monitoring tool for them.

pandaily.comOctober 27, 05:52

Kuaishou implements AI-based digital employees for store diagnostics and video content management

Kuaishou has integrated artificial intelligence-powered digital assistants into the workspace of sellers on its e-commerce platform, Kuaishou Shop. These tools are designed for small sellers who manage their stores independently or part-time. The assistants are available 24/7 and can be accessed via the PC workspace, a dedicated AI mode in the app, or an AI operations widget on the computer, according to information published by IT Home.

Sellers can ask questions in plain language, such as about reasons for declining traffic over the past week or the current status of returns. The central AI operations hub interprets the seller's request, gathers store data, platform tools, and rules, and then passes the task to the appropriate agent.

Functionality of Digital Employees

The system includes eight different roles. A virtual store manager conducts a full diagnosis of the entire store and suggests strategies to increase new customer conversion, encourage repeat purchases, campaign registration, and adjust product names. A data specialist answers questions regarding sales, traffic, and returns, and identifies the root causes of any deviations.

A video specialist handles the diagnosis of short videos, product selection, one-step generation of finished clips, automatic publishing, and content promotion. A live streaming specialist assists with planning, product selection, scriptwriting, and post-broadcast reviews and critiques.

On the customer service side, a returns specialist examines inquiries, clarifies platform rules regarding disputes, and proposes solutions to reduce high return rates. A customer service specialist analyzes feedback and satisfaction metrics, as well as complaint chats. Additionally, there is an order fulfillment specialist who monitors logistics issues, and a compliance specialist who explains violation risks and reasons for drops in store experience ratings.

Kuaishou describes this system as a closed loop: first, a problem is diagnosed; then, a strategy is proposed and executed on behalf of the seller; finally, the resulting data is analyzed. Another article from IT Home lists a broader set of tools supporting this system. These include a bulk catalog addition feature, automatic video publishing, a script and video generation platform, one-click AI live stream setup, a live chat assistant, automated affiliate program management, natural language ad campaign setup, AI customer service, return recovery, and automatic order printing and shipping.

In coverage of this topic, one part-time clothing seller mentioned that they check exposure, click, and return metrics compared to the previous day every evening, and it allows the agent to automatically publish videos while they are at their main job. A tea company representative noted that these tools have significantly reduced their need to hire video editors.