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- AI agents face a growing blockade on the internet
TMTPost reports that major platforms are restricting autonomous AI agents, with Amazon reportedly blocking Meta Muse from shopping on users’ behalf and warning that unauthorized agent access would violate its terms. Other reported restrictions include U.S. banks blocking agents from customer accounts and the Doubao phone assistant being denied automated access to 155 apps. The report also examines proposed alternatives such as verifiable agent identities, scoped authorization and dedicated agent networks, while noting that these approaches remain early and unresolved.
钛媒体 · 🔥 0 - Doubao 2nd-gen agent phone cools off: resale premium collapses, price cut, 155 apps blocked
Two outlets carrying the same column from Most Talk FunTalk report that Nubia's second-generation Doubao phone, launched last month as its first consumer-facing AI agent phone, drew more than 370,000 JD reservations but did not repeat the first generation's buying frenzy. The phone launched at 5,999 yuan, its resale premium reportedly fell from 1,000 yuan to 199 yuan, and most models were in stock within 30 minutes of sale start. One month after launch, higher-spec versions were cut by more than 700 yuan on JD, and Doubao's phone assistant had published a refusal list covering 155 apps including WeChat, Taobao and Meituan, while one buyer said third-party apps could hardly be operated by voice. The column argues that at a 5,000-yuan price the device misses the elder market where Nubia's low-cost models and Doubao's 6.07 million users over 50 overlap.
钛媒体 · 🔥 0 - Qwen Office Launches as 150+ Apps Resist Doubao Automation
Alibaba released the Qwen Office e-commerce edition on October 14, combining cross-platform dashboards, trend insights, creative generation and ROI optimization in an AI workspace for merchants. TMTPost reported that Doubao phone assistant also updated its Screen Automation Operation Statement Protocol, with more than 150 applications explicitly refusing AI-automated operation. The refusals included Taobao, Alipay, Meituan and Pinduoduo, while JD was not listed, which does not establish that it supports the assistant.
钛媒体 · 🔥 0 - China's Personal AI Race Hits the Super-App Permission Wall
Reports from TMTPost and 36Kr, both syndicating an analysis by AI大模型工场, describe a rapid expansion of China’s personal-agent market. Alibaba is advancing Qwen Go, Tencent is exploring a standalone personal agent, ByteDance is extending its phone-system agent efforts, StepFun has launched an agent phone, Ant Group is upgrading its assistant, and Today AI disclosed more than $200 million in financing. The analysis says ByteDance’s Doubao Phone Assistant listed 155 applications refusing automated operation, including WeChat, Taobao, and Meituan, highlighting tension between companies seeking to become new user entry points and platforms restricting access to existing services.
钛媒体 · 🔥 0 - Personal AI Agents Enter E-Commerce as 150-Plus Apps Resist Doubao
36Kr Artificial Intelligence reports that Alibaba launched the Qwen Go personal assistant on October 13 with shopping price protection, price comparison and other consumer services, then released Qwen Office Commerce Edition on October 14 for cross-platform merchant dashboards, trend analysis, creative generation and ROI optimization. On the same day, Doubao Phone Assistant said more than 150 applications, including Taobao, Alipay, Meituan, Pinduoduo and WeChat, had explicitly refused AI screen automation under its SAEP protocol. The report says these platforms are resisting unauthorized automation by external assistants, not AI itself, as such assistants could alter product ranking and traffic distribution outside their apps.
36氪 人工智能 · 🔥 0 - STEPX Neo puts an AI agent on the home screen as app resistance hardens
A 鲸商 analysis republished by 虎嗅 AI describes how 阶跃终端's STEPX Neo, launched October 13 at 3,999 yuan, bundles phone hardware, a self-developed system, model services and 12 months of 10 billion tokens per month, with its Amoo agent as the default boot interface so apps are demoted to tools. The article contrasts three approaches: STEPX's "protocol" route of signing app partners (it says Alipay opened 300-plus services and nearly 100 companies have joined), ByteDance's screen-reading Doubao Phone Assistant that simulates taps, and ecosystem players such as Alibaba's Qwen Go!. It reports that 155 apps had refused AI-operated access when the Doubao notice period ended on October 14, with 89 from Tencent and Alibaba, and that 阶跃终端 itself says the product is about 70% complete, with cross-app permissions and fault tolerance not yet tested by large numbers of real users.
虎嗅 AI · 🔥 0 - Doubao Phone Assistant restricts its agent from operating financial apps
Doubao Phone Assistant updated its official list of apps that its agent will not operate, adding a proactive restriction on financial applications spanning banking, trust services, payments, internet finance and credit, IT之家 reported on October 21. The update follows the September 14 launch of the consumer version and the accompanying Screen Automation Execution Protocol (SAEP), a disclosure mechanism for cross-app GUI agent operations; the 30-day public notice period ended October 14, when Doubao said it would gradually open screen-automation permissions for third-party apps. Doubao said that previously published refusal lists already name financial institutions including ICBC, China Merchants Bank and Chongqing Rural Commercial Bank, and that developers can still declare refusal at any time, with feedback promised within three working days.
IT之家 AI · 🔥 0 - Analysis: AI agent phones accelerate, with Nubia NaviX Ultra running Doubao assistant
A 硅谷101 feature republished by 钛媒体 argues that AI agent phones are accelerating in 2026, citing Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon's remark that "2026 is the year of the Agent" alongside recent launches such as StepFun's STEPX Neo, Honor's Robot Phone and Nubia's NaviX Ultra. Nubia's NaviX Ultra, which runs a new version of the Doubao phone assistant on a Qualcomm Snapdragon flagship platform, is described as officially certified as the "world's first AI agent phone," a vendor claim the article does not independently verify. In the writer's hands-on use, the assistant can read the screen, open other apps and run tasks on a background virtual display, although smooth support is currently concentrated on system apps and ByteDance-family apps.
钛媒体 · 🔥 0 - Doubao Phone Assistant: 150+ apps refuse screen-automation access
A TMTPost Fintech Weekly roundup citing WEMONEY Research Room reports that Doubao Phone Assistant published the latest refusal list under its Screen Automation Statement Agreement, with more than 150 apps—including WeChat, Alipay, Meituan, Taobao, Kuaishou, China Merchants Bank, ICBC and Chongqing Rural Commercial Bank—explicitly declining to grant screen-automation permissions. Doubao said apps that have opted out will not have automated operations performed on them, and developers can withdraw authorization at any time. The report notes the refusals cover only AI screen-reading and simulated-click proxy actions; the apps can still be installed and opened manually by users.
钛媒体 · 🔥 0 - CCTV: Doubao phone assistant blocked by 100+ apps shows AI rollout collisions
cnBeta reports that CCTV has commented on more than 100 apps refusing to let Doubao Phone Assistant operate them, saying that AI's real-world rollout inevitably involves industry collisions. The report notes the apps remain usable on the Doubao phone; what they prohibit is the assistant operating them on the user's behalf. It also poses the question of why so many major apps jointly said no to such a convenient feature.
cnBeta · 🔥 0 - Nubia opens 300-slot NaviX Ultra testing lab for in-development AI
Nubia announced its "Internal Testing Lab" program during the first NaviX Ultra "evolution" livestream, with 300 beta slots in total, according to IT之家. Participants can try lab features earlier, including AI capabilities still under development, and help the company turn those ideas into official product features. The NaviX Ultra launched on September 16, led by ZTE's Nubia with the Doubao Phone Assistant driving the AI assistant experience and Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 platform.
IT之家 AI · 🔥 0 - Doubao Phone says it will gradually open third-party app auto-operation permissions
A report headline says Doubao Phone announced it will gradually open auto-operation permissions for third-party apps. The supplied report has no body text and does not specify the scope, timetable or which apps are covered.
DoNews · 🔥 0 - Doubao Phone Assistant names 151 apps refusing GUI automation, WeChat included
Doubao Phone Assistant said on October 14 that after a 30-day public notice period for its screen-automation declaration agreement ends, it will gradually open GUI automation of third-party apps, limited to those that have not opted out. It also published an opt-out list of 151 apps that do not permit the assistant to perform GUI screen automation, including WeChat, DeepSeek, Taobao, Kuaishou and Meituan. Doubao said developers can still declare a refusal after the notice period, and that it will not operate on apps that have opted out.
钛媒体 · 🔥 0 - 155 apps refuse Doubao Phone Assistant's AI screen automation as SAEP notice period ends
Doubao Phone Assistant's Screen Automation Execution Protocol (SAEP) 30-day public notice period ended on October 14, and the company said it will gradually open screen-automation permissions for third-party apps that did not explicitly opt out. The refusal list published the same day reached 155 apps, including 66 from Tencent, 23 from Alibaba, 14 from Kuaishou and 11 from Meituan, with WeChat, Taobao, Alipay, Meituan, DeepSeek and Kimi among them. Reports say the refusal only blocks AI screen reading and simulated taps: those apps can still be installed, logged into and used manually on devices such as the Nubia NaviX Ultra, and developers can file a refusal at any time.
IT之家 AI · 🔥 0 - Nubia NaviX Ultra opens 'beta lab' program, Oct 14 livestream
Nubia said its NaviX Ultra "beta lab" program will open soon, letting early adopters test the newest capabilities first, with the first evolution livestream scheduled for Oct 14 at 19:00. The device, called the "second-generation Doubao phone," is marketed by Nubia as the "world's first AI agent phone," built end-to-end by ZTE's Nubia, and pitched on letting users execute complex cross-app tasks with a single spoken instruction, with the Doubao phone assistant leading the AI experience; it starts at 5,999 yuan. Hardware includes a Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 platform, a 6.78-inch 1–144Hz LTPO 2.0 display, a 200MP main camera, a 7,100mAh battery, a dedicated AI key with integrated fingerprint recognition, and Seed's latest full-duplex speech model.
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