Ant Group has quietly launched a limited beta version of its multimodal AI assistant, LingGuang, repositioning the application as a personal agent, similar to Meta Muse. This information became known through sources close to the project, as Ant Group has not made an official statement yet.
Meta introduced Muse in September as a personal assistant that integrates into users' daily lives and continues to monitor assigned tasks. According to sources, Ant Group began preparing a similar direction for LingGuang about six months ago, went through several internal iterations, and plans to release the new version to all users this month.
Key Functional Change
The main change is a shift in LingGuang's focus. While the previous version was centered on chat, content generation, and creating small applications, the new release is designed as an AI-native personal agent with long-term memory. This agent is capable of advancing tasks independently without waiting for every new user request.
Furthermore, the new version can utilize Skills and the Model Context Protocol (MCP), allowing it to send messages through the corporate application Alibaba DingTalk and control smart home devices.
Application in Beta Testing
Testing focuses on long-term projects consisting of multiple interconnected elements that are difficult for regular users to track. Examples provided include monitoring market fluctuations for office workers, helping parents manage attendance reports in DingTalk, and adjusting travel routes in case of flight delays or visitor limits at attractions.
LingGuang was introduced in November 2025 as China's first multimodal AI assistant capable of responding via code results. It can generate 3D models, audio clips, graphs, animations, and interactive maps. The Flash App feature allows users to create small working applications from a text prompt in just 30 seconds, which they can publish in the LingGuang Circle community within the app. A later web version expanded this functionality for desktop browsers.
The transition from on-demand generation to persistent, proactive agents places LingGuang in a competitive environment. Several major Chinese internet companies are currently developing personal assistants that retain context over weeks and operate across different applications. Key questions for these companies include reliability when performing long tasks and user willingness to grant access. Details such as pricing, data processing, and the list of third-party services that the new LingGuang will connect to upon launch have not yet been disclosed.