Alibaba to team up with Honor in race to build AI agentic devices

Huawei spin-off Honor has been developing what it calls a ‘next-generation terminal operating system’, known as Agentic OS Alibaba Group Holding and Honor are set to deepen their tie-up over an operating system for AI-powered devices, as competition in the nascent “AI phone” genre gains momentum in China. Shenzhen-based Honor, spun off from Huawei Technologies in 2020, will host a sub-forum at WAIC on Saturday titled “From digital screens to embodied intelligence”, CEO Li Jian said in a post on social media platform Weibo on Tuesday. High-profile speakers will include Xu Zhuhong, head of multimodal interaction at Alibaba’s Token Foundry unit; Kevin Kelly, founder of Wired; Xu Hao, head of research and development for Qualcomm China; and Liu Jingkang, founder of action-camera maker Insta360. Alibaba and Honor did not immediately respond to requests for comment on Tuesday. Alibaba owns the South China Morning Post.

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