ByteDance’s Doubao and Alibaba’s Qwen to shut down AI agent features on July 15
On Saturday, ByteDance’s Doubao and Alibaba’s Qwen both announced that their AI agent creation features will be discontinued on July 15, 2026. After the shutdown, users will no longer be able to create new AI agents, while all existing user-created agents will also stop functioning. The platforms said users will still be able to view […]
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Published: 6 July 2026
Source: TechNode (CN)
Category: News
Topics: Agents & autonomy
Retrieved: 14 July 2026
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