After a year and a half of intense competition in the "thousand-model war," the application and innovation of generative AI has finally experienced explosive growth. At the beginning of the year, Sora led the new trend of AI+ video generation, and then OpenAI's SearchGPT ignited the battle in the AI+ search field. Now, Alibaba International has added another heavyweight bombshell to this field. On July 31st, Alibaba International officially announced the world's first AI-driven B2B procurement search engine in Paris, France, indicating that the global trade field is about to undergo disruptive changes. The AI procurement search engine released this time is another milestone in Alibaba International's application of AI technology. Unlike other similar products, Alibaba International's search engine focuses on the field of deep information search, especially professional knowledge in the global e-commerce industry. At the press conference, Zhang Kuo, Vice President of Alibaba International, emphasized, "This search engine is not just an upgrade of traditional search, but it brings a completely new experience to global trade procurement." It is reported that this search engine can actively understand the natural language needs of purchasers, convert them into professional procurement requests, and predict demand based on global market data, providing accurate recommendations. This achieves a leap from passive search to active understanding. Zhang Kuo said, "It not only understands your 'plain language,' but also provides comprehensive services from demand analysis to supplier recommendations like a professional procurement consultant." Restructuring the way information is obtained, reducing the threshold of "struggling like finding a needle in a haystack" In traditional search engines, obtaining professional domain information is often like "finding a needle in a haystack," time-consuming, labor-intensive, and inefficient. However, Alibaba International's AI procurement search engine, by learning from over 1 billion pieces of product and industry information, covers almost the largest B2B trade knowledge base in the world, making information retrieval intuitive and efficient. At the press conference, Alibaba International vividly demonstrated the powerful functionality of this search engine through the entrepreneurial case of former professional tennis player Simona. After retiring, Simona wanted to enter the pickleball market but knew nothing about global procurement. Through Alibaba International's AI procurement search engine, she easily obtained comprehensive support from market analysis to supplier recommendations, greatly reducing the threshold of "struggling like finding a needle in a haystack." Intelligent procurement services, empowering global trade process optimization In addition to information retrieval functions, this AI procurement search engine will also provide complete intelligent procurement services. It integrates Alibaba International's deep accumulation in the field of digital foreign trade, covering various aspects of global trade, such as transaction payment and logistics fulfillment, providing a one-stop solution for purchasers. Zhang Kuo said, "It will act like a true professional purchaser, helping users complete the entire process from demand analysis to transaction completion." Empowering generative AI technology, a promising future for the industry's "Google" With the continuous development of generative AI technology, it is widely believed in the industry that all applications are worth redoing with large models. Alibaba International's AI procurement search engine, released this time, is a successful practice of this concept in the B2B trade field. It not only brings a new search experience to purchasers but also sets a benchmark for the application of generative AI technology in various professional fields. With the participation of more players in specific fields, each industry has the potential to create its own "Google" in the future. This transformative change triggered by search will profoundly change our way of obtaining information and bring more efficient and intelligent work and life experiences.