As more players invest heavily in AI, robots are continuously seen speeding across sports fields. Whether viewed from the perspective of industry participants or ordinary consumers, AI is arriving in our lives in an unstoppable manner.

We are now witnessing an increasing number of industries and scenarios being transformed by AI, as well as more elements and processes being replaced by it.

Despite this, it remains an undeniable fact that AI is still in its investment phase. Whether we look at the significant financial investments players are making in AI or the reality that AI-driven innovations have not yet become the core of their businesses, it is clear that AI still has a long way to go. Ultimately, AI is currently in a foundational stage, building momentum for future development.

This is a critical stage for AI development that warrants substantial investment. Only by establishing a sufficiently broad and robust foundation for AI can it unleash greater development potential when the era of AI commercialization arrives.

Therefore, at this juncture, we must not only recognize the investments players are making in building AI's foundation but also acknowledge the ongoing improvements in the ecosystem, foundation, and systems surrounding AI.

AI's Traffic Foundation is Being Enriched

A few years ago, it would have been hard to imagine that AI could so deeply and comprehensively influence our production and daily lives. Today, using AI to inquire about local restaurants and travel routes while traveling is becoming an increasingly popular choice. Similarly, after capturing photos or videos, many people now opt to have AI help generate travel memories. AI is also becoming more visible in other aspects of daily life.

Through these phenomena, we see the gradual maturation of AI products and services. Additionally, we should recognize that amid the internet's stagnating traffic growth, new traffic streams driven primarily by AI mechanisms are opening up new increments.

Through AI products, services, and tools, traffic is being increasingly redistributed. This is why so many players view AI as an essential component and integrate it into their businesses.

Ultimately, a key reason for their actions is that the new traffic foundation built upon AI is being enriched and refined. Those who can leverage AI tools and methods to acquire substantial traffic will directly influence their future positions and market shares in the new commercial landscape that emerges with AI's maturation.

Therefore, if we consider the manifestations of AI's foundational construction, the redistribution of traffic through AI implementation and applications, and the new traffic foundation established through this redistribution, are undoubtedly the most noteworthy aspects.

AI's Ecological Foundation is Being Refined

During the internet era, one of the primary reasons our production and daily lives were so profoundly and comprehensively transformed was the establishment of a complete and diverse ecological foundation centered around the internet.

Within this ecosystem, solutions for nearly every aspect of daily life could be found online. It was the formation and refinement of the internet ecosystem that truly marked its maturity.

As the AI era dawns, particularly as AI moves into widespread application across industries, we are witnessing the formation and refinement of a new ecosystem built upon AI.

In this process, internet players are embracing AI to transform their internal elements, processes, and functions, achieving renewal.

We now see changes among e-commerce players, food delivery services, and ride-hailing companies. Through AI-driven renewal, traditional internet business ecosystems are evolving into AI ecosystems. In essence, virtual economies are being transformed by AI.

Simultaneously, AI is being applied to traditional industries such as healthcare, industrial manufacturing, and logistics. Through "AI+", more traditional industries are undergoing significant transformations. In other words, the traditional real economy is also being reshaped by AI.

It is evident that as both virtual and real economies are transformed by AI, a new ecosystem encompassing both is being enriched and refined.

As the new ecosystem centered around AI becomes more complete, a new commercial era with even greater imagination than the internet era will emerge.

AI's Technological Foundation is Being Enhanced

When AI first emerged, AI chatbots like ChatGPT became a primary window for people to understand and apply AI. Subsequently, the technological foundation of AI, represented by large models, computing power, and algorithms, began to be enriched and refined.

Today, nearly every AI product has developed its own industrial and supply chain systems, directly reflecting the gradual enrichment and refinement of AI's technological foundation.

By observing the frequency of large model releases and updates by players, we can see the process of AI technology's gradual maturation and refinement.

Whether it's traditional internet giants like Baidu and Tencent or new-generation AI players like Moonshot AI and Zhipu AI, their updates and releases of large models demonstrate the overall trend of AI technology's maturation. Each release of a foundational large model represents a step forward in AI's evolution.

In addition to large AI models, we are also seeing continuous releases of embodied AI robots in the field of embodied intelligence. From their initial awkward movements to the recent record-breaking performances at the World Robot Olympics, we are witnessing the gradual maturation and refinement of AI technology.

If we consider large AI models as virtual, then embodied AI robots are physical.

As AI technology matures and refines on both virtual and physical fronts, the technological foundation surrounding AI is gradually being enriched and refined. As AI's technological foundation becomes increasingly robust, its development is reaching a tipping point, transitioning from technology to commercialization.

Conclusion

As large models are continuously released, as embodied AI robots speed across sports fields, as players invest heavily in AI, and as AI becomes increasingly present in our production and daily lives, we are witnessing the construction of a powerful foundation for AI.

For AI, this is a necessary process. Upon completion of this stage, AI will enter a fully commercialized era, evolving from a single breakthrough to widespread adoption and eventually to bountiful results. The new era of AI will inevitably arrive.