Workday AI Agent Adoption Doubles, Stock Jumps 10%

Alibaba and ByteDance are halting personalized AI agent creation features in their chatbot apps as China prepares to enforce new regulations on humanlike AI interactions. ByteDance's Doubao, the country's most popular AI app by user count, and Alibaba's Qwen are among the services affected. The move reflects tightening regulatory oversight of AI capabilities in China.

Alibaba researchers developed SkillWeaver, a framework that reduces token consumption by over 99% when routing AI agents to the correct tools from large libraries. The system uses a three-stage process (decompose, retrieve, compose) combined with Skill-Aware Decomposition to iteratively fetch and evaluate relevant tools rather than exposing agents to entire tool catalogs. This addresses a core challenge in enterprise AI systems where agents must orchestrate multiple tools to complete complex, multi-step workflows.

Meta has launched a new app called Pocket that lets users create and share interactive AI-generated experiences called 'gizmos' built from prompts. The app shares only a name with Mozilla's defunct read-it-later service Pocket, which shut down last year. The launch reflects CEO Mark Zuckerberg's stated vision of AI as the next evolution of social media, where users can build and distribute interactive AI-powered content.

Mark Zuckerberg told Meta staff at an internal meeting that the company's AI development efforts, particularly around AI agents, are progressing slower than he had anticipated. The statement signals a recalibration of expectations around a technology area Meta has invested heavily in. The disclosure comes as the AI industry broadly grapples with the gap between near-term capabilities and longer-term ambitions.