Alibaba's QianWen has successfully wrapped up its initial phase. Within just a week of its public beta launch, the QianWen APP downloads soared past ten million. This surge stands as a testament to the model's capabilities, validated by a vast user base, and signals that QianWen's potential could far surpass expectations.

True to its reputation, on November 26, the brand-new Kuake AI Browser was officially rolled out, with its core transformation being the deep integration with QianWen. This move fundamentally reshapes the PC browser experience.

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This update warrants a closer look. Kuake already commands a massive user base, and browsers serve as the most frequent and central entry point on PCs. In the new Kuake, QianWen isn't merely an independent model or plugin; instead, it's directly woven into the fabric of the browser as its AI hub, permeating all key processes such as search, reading, document handling, and screen interpretation.

Browsers act as gateways to information, cross-application hubs, and the desktop tools users engage with most daily. They're also the most susceptible to being entirely redefined by AI.

The integration of QianWen and Kuake isn't just about browsers calling upon AI; it's about "rebuilding" browsers based on a profound understanding of AI capabilities, placing QianWen at the forefront of PCs. This move transcends merely adding another browser capable of using QianWen; the crux lies in Alibaba positioning browsers as the central platform for QianWen's next-stage capabilities.

A Browser Reconstruction: The "Tipping Point" Where AI Genuinely Transforms the Experience

The most significant change in the new Kuake isn't the addition of a few AI buttons; it's the deep embedding of QianWen into the browser's architecture, making it an intrinsic part of its operational logic.

This stands in stark contrast to the prevalent "AI plugin model" we've encountered before. Plugins essentially add a small window within the browser that can answer queries. In contrast, QianWen has evolved into a native feature of the new Kuake AI Browser. Whether you're reading news, conducting research, processing reports, or watching videos, as soon as a question arises, QianWen can directly summarize, translate, follow up, and extract key points without the need for copying and pasting, taking screenshots, or switching between "browse" and "chat" tabs.

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This seamless information experience of "watching and asking simultaneously" is beyond the reach of many current AI browsers and represents capabilities users have never encountered in browsers over the past decade. When information processing is accomplished on the same page, AI functions more like a real-time personal assistant, aiding users in browsing, reading, and creating, truly achieving "seeing what you see and thinking what you think."

The AI gateway has also been fully unlocked. Global activation via Alt or Option+Space, desktop floating balls, screen sharing, screenshot questioning... The new Kuake has transformed QianWen into a system-level capability that can be summoned anywhere. This means AI is no longer confined to the browser's framework but can comprehend what users are currently engaged in, whether reading documents, editing Excel, viewing local PDFs, processing images, or even organizing desktop materials. The changes brought about by this zero-cost activation position QianWen as a "cross-application" desktop AI companion.

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Moreover, with QianWen's backing, the new Kuake has witnessed a leap in document processing capabilities. "Perfect reproduction and editability" of scanned documents, dual-column PDF translation, drag-and-drop local document opening, and on-the-fly annotations are not achievable at the plugin level but are realized by embedding QianWen's multimodal understanding directly into the browser's file processing pipeline. For users frequently handling theses, contracts, and professional materials, these enhancements will be immediately apparent.

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This deep integration approach delves into depths that Chrome and other browsers' AI-driven paths have yet to explore, with many domestic browsers still limited to adding AI buttons and summarization capabilities.

These experiential shifts point to a broader truth: the deep integration of Kuake and QianWen is redefining browser workflows. This is why the new Kuake marks a significant "tipping point." It elevates QianWen from an independent AI product to a core capability integrated across browsing, reading, creation, and data management. For QianWen, this signifies not just a larger user base but a fundamental reimagining of how AI is utilized on PCs.

PC Browsers: The "Battleground" for AI

QianWen's "march into PCs" was inevitable.

As a general-purpose technology, AI will ultimately return to the terminal with the highest information density and strongest productivity demands—naturally, computers. On computers, the most AI-compatible entry point isn't standalone applications but the browser, which is perpetually open and carries all information flows. Browsing the web, researching, consuming content, reading papers, writing emails, and processing documents all essentially commence in the browser.

It's no overstatement to say that the significance of PC browsers has long been severely underestimated. They're not just information gateways but task springboards and core hubs for cross-application collaboration. Conversely, once AI can genuinely rebuild browsers and bring about qualitative changes, it can profoundly impact countless people's daily lives.

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Over the past year, everyone has acknowledged the strategic value of browsers. Perplexity attempted to merge search and AI into a novel browsing experience on Comet, OpenAI's Atlas directly made desktop-level AI browsers a core experimental direction, and Google continued to integrate Gemini into the Chrome kernel, enabling AI to participate in summarization, generation, and rewriting in a lighter manner.

Against this backdrop, the deep integration of QianWen and Kuake is easily comprehensible for its profound implications.

QianWen's foundational capabilities are undeniable. Whether in understanding, reasoning, or execution, it has proven itself capable of standing firm in consumer-facing products. Kuake's massive user base, especially its deep roots among students, knowledge workers, and professional information processors, naturally provides a broader canvas for AI to fully unleash its capabilities.

Compared to Gemini in Chrome, as previously mentioned, Kuake Browser is more thoroughly AI-driven. Compared to ChatGPT Atlas or Perplexity Comet, Kuake boasts a larger user base and a user structure that aligns more closely with real information processing needs, rather than being concentrated among early adopters or developers. Kuake doesn't need to persuade users to switch their main browser; high-frequency scenarios already abound.

The fusion of QianWen's capabilities and Kuake's user scale creates a synergistic effect never witnessed before. It directly equips it with the confidence to compete globally with AI browser players and enables domestic users to truly experience the AI revolution in browsers for the first time.

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QianWen's "Miracle" Continues

Not long ago, QianWen created a "miracle" by swiftly amassing over ten million downloads on mobile devices purely through product strength and experience, without pre-installation or ecosystem bundling. This proved that when the experience is straightforward enough and the capabilities robust enough, domestic users are highly receptive to embracing superior AI.

The deep integration with Kuake marks the starting point for QianWen's next phase. It enables QianWen to penetrate truly high-frequency desktop scenarios for the first time, transforming AI from a mere chatbox into a foundational capability integrated across browsing, reading, and creation. However, this step's significance extends beyond the leapfrog upgrade of the Kuake AI Browser.

DingTalk, Taobao, Youku, Gaode Maps... More Alibaba ecosystem products will harness QianWen as their "core intelligence engine" to reshape their foundational experiences, inevitably impacting more users' daily lives even more profoundly.

This is where QianWen's true value lies—not just as a model, an assistant, or an application but as an intelligent foundation capable of permeating the Alibaba ecosystem and rewriting multi-product linkages. The mobile breakthrough was merely the opening act, and the PC browser entry marks the second leap, with even more significant changes clearly on the horizon.

QianWen's "miracle" hasn't concluded; it's only just begun to unveil its full potential.