Amap, a mapping and local services provider under Alibaba Group Holding, launched an artificial intelligence (AI) agent on Monday, giving its services a major tech upgrade. Powered by Alibaba’s in-house AI models, the agent can navigate roads, plan trips and recommend places to visit using natural language commands such as “send me to the office” or “please find a quiet place with a lake view”, according to Amap. The AI agent serves as a key consumer-facing tool for Alibaba to deploy its...