Alibaba is selling a talking desk robot for 899 yuan.
Alibaba's office arm put its first desktop robot, QwenNote Eva, on sale on Tuesday evening. One spoken order makes it build a table from meeting notes or message a colleague. It costs 899 yuan, weighs 700 grams, and leans on Alibaba's DingTalk workplace app.
Why it mattersDesk gadgets have mostly been toys; this one is priced like a speaker and does office work. If it sells, the thing taking your notes becomes an object rather than an app.
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