Alipay adds AI image search to enhance ‘super app’ role in rivalry with WeChat
Alipay, the payment app owned by fintech giant Ant Group, has launched an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered feature that generates information from images uploaded by users, in the latest move to ensure its position as a “super app” for China’s internet users.The “Tanyixia” function, which means “do a little search”, allows users to scan or upload a picture to obtain information about topics such as plants, animals, food and even cartoon characters, or translate a menu or drug instructions, o...
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