China unveils upgraded version of world's first AGI agent

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China unveils upgraded version of world's first AGI agent

2025-03-30 22:33 Last Updated At：03-31 16:27

China on Saturday launched the 2.0 version of "Tong Tong," the world's first artificial general intelligence (AGI) agent, featuring a young girl AI capable of autonomous learning, reflection, and growth, marking a significant milestone in AI technology development.

Developed by the Beijing Institute for General Artificial Intelligence (BIGAI), the new version of "Tong Tong" was revealed during the Artificial Intelligence Theme Day at the 2025 Zhongguancun Forum.

The upgraded AI can dynamically update its knowledge base, value functions, and skills through autonomous learning, with the ability to reflect and grow in a human-like manner.

At the launch event, Chen Hao, executive director of the Advanced Technology Center at BIGAI, highlighted Tong Tong 2.0's capabilities.

"Tong Tong 2.0 achieves consistency between language and embodied actions, or what we commonly refer to as 'walking the talk.' In terms of cognition, Tong Tong 2.0 is capable of parallel task planning. By the end of the year, we will open Tong Tong 2.0's interactive channel to the public. We also plan to integrate its brain with an embodied robot, enhancing its ability to interact with the physical world, thereby improving the robot's intelligence and giving it a 'heart,'"Chen said.

The unveiling of Tong Tong 2.0 was a highlight of the Artificial Intelligence Theme Day at the 2025 Zhongguancun Forum, underscoring AI's expanding role.

For instance, AI was used to produce promotional videos and warm-up content for the event. QR codes placed throughout the venue linked to the forum's AI assistant, "Xiao Guan," which helped attendees navigate schedules and locations.

The Theme Day was filled with sessions, including three simultaneous forums focused on embodied intelligence and general AI. Both the number and scale of these discussions have grown significantly compared to last year.

"Over 50 major innovative achievements were released on Theme Day. It provided an excellent platform for communication and collaboration among participants," said Tang Chao, deputy director of the Zhongguancun Science City Management Committee.

The 2025 Zhongguancun Forum, themed "New Quality Productive Forces and Global Technology Cooperation," commenced on Thursday in Beijing, drawing participants from more than 100 countries and regions.

Featuring 128 events across five major sections, the forum covers a broad range of topics -- from technology trading to frontier competitions -- and will run through Monday.

Chinese premier chairs meeting on urban renewal, agriculture, population, basic education

Chinese Premier Li Qiang chaired a State Council executive meeting on Friday, hearing a report on the implementation of the arrangements set forth at the Central Urban Work Conference and the progress of urban renewal efforts.

The meeting also reviewed and adopted 15th five-year plans for urban renewal and for accelerating agricultural and rural modernization, and deliberated on work related to population and basic education.

After the Central Urban Work Conference, local authorities have rolled out a series of measures to advance high-quality urban development. China's urban development is shifting from the stage of large-scale incremental expansion to a stage focused on improving the quality and efficiency of existing urban stock, according to the meeting.

China will effectively deliver on the key tasks of urban renewal, foster and expand new growth drivers for urban development, build high-quality urban living spaces and promote the green and low-carbon transition of urban development, according to the meeting. 　　

On advancing agricultural and rural modernization, work related to agriculture, rural areas and farmers must continue to be given top priority, the meeting said.

More efforts should be made to strengthen comprehensive agricultural production capacity, consolidate and expand the gains in poverty alleviation, and broaden channels for farmers to increase their incomes, according to the meeting. It also underscored the need to safeguard food security and guard against large-scale relapse into poverty.

The meeting also stressed the need to adapt to new developments in population dynamics, strive to maintain an appropriate fertility rate and population size, and unlock the potential of human resources to promote high-quality population development. Efforts should be accelerated to foster a birth-friendly society, with stronger support and services related to childbirth and child-rearing, according to the meeting. It also called for actively responding to population aging and improving the social security system and services for the elderly.

The meeting also stressed the need to stay focused on the objective of establishing China as a leading country in education by 2035, improve the quality of basic education, and strengthen the coordinated allocation of basic education resources.