Alibaba says its Qwen AI models will be integrated into BYD, Volkswagen, and other cars, letting users buy food and tickets via voice commands on select models (Evelyn Cheng/CNBC)

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Alibaba's Qwen AI models are being integrated into BYD, Volkswagen, and other vehicles, enabling voice-activated commerce for food and ticket purchases in select models.

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<a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/24/alibaba-qwen-ai-integration-chinese-carmakers-beijing-auto-show.html"><img align="RIGHT" border="0" hspace="4" src="http://www.techmeme.com/260424/i17.jpg" vspace="4" /></a> <p><a href="http://www.techmeme.com/260424/p17#a260424p17" title="Techmeme permalink"><img height="12" src="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;" width="11" /></a> Evelyn Cheng / <a href="http://www.cnbc.com/">CNBC</a>:<br /> <span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/24/alibaba-qwen-ai-integration-chinese-carmakers-beijing-auto-show.html">Alibaba says its Qwen AI models will be integrated into BYD, Volkswagen, and other cars, letting users buy food and tickets via voice commands on select models</a></b></span>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; BEIJING &mdash; Chinese tech giant Alibaba said Friday that its Qwen artificial intelligence model will be integrated into vehicles &hellip; </p>

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