Overview
- IT Home, citing multiple unnamed insiders, reports that Quark is advancing an internal AI initiative code-named Project C.
- The effort is positioned in conversational AI, with internal speculation suggesting it could compete with ByteDance’s Doubao product.
- The project is said to be led by Quark’s core team, with participation from several senior members of Alibaba’s Tongyi Lab.
- Sources say the work has been underway in secrecy for a considerable time and is close to revealing an initial staged outcome.
- Insiders describe the product as requiring long-term investment and model-level breakthroughs, and Quark has not commented on the report.