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A |      8 月 26 日消息，针对近期推出的一款会将必应搜索和必应主页设置到电脑上所有浏览器中的新应用引发的争议，微软作出了回应。    

    Chinese autonomous driving firm Pony.ai launched commercial robotaxi services in Zagreb, Croatia on April 8. Photo:Courtesy of Pony.ai
Chinese autonomous-driving company Pony.ai said on Monday that its cumulative autonomous-driving distance worldwide has surpassed 100 million kilometers, marking the latest milestone as China's driverless sector moves from technology validation toward mass production and scaled commercial deployment.
The milestone comes as L4 autonomous driving gains commercial traction across passenger transport and logistics in China, while Chinese companies are accelerating overseas deployment through partnerships with local operators in markets including Europe and Southeast Asia.
Industry experts said that the significance goes beyond rising distance. As commercialization gathers pace, the next phase of competition will increasingly hinge on whether autonomous-driving technology can be deployed at scale, brought down to commercially viable costs and replicated across different transport scenarios and markets.
At a recent media briefing, Pony.ai said that its fourth-generation L4 autonomous electric heavy-duty truck had entered mass production, with commercial operations expected to begin in the coming months. The company plans to deploy 500 to 1,000 trucks over the next two to three years across long-haul freight, bulk cargo transport and port logistics.
A notable part of that transition is the sharp decline in costs. Autonomous-driving hardware costs for Pony.ai's fourth-generation heavy truck are about 70 percent lower than for the previous generation, according to the company.
Similar cost reductions are also emerging in robotaxis. Pony.ai said on its official blog that the bill-of-materials cost of the autonomous-driving kit for its seventh-generation robotaxi has fallen 70 percent from the previous generation, helping the company achieve unit-economics breakeven in Guangzhou and Shenzhen, South China's Guangdong Province.
China's autonomous-driving sector is moving from technology validation to large-scale commercial deployment, underpinned by the rapid accumulation of real-world driving data, Pan Helin, a member of the Expert Committee for the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, told the Global Times on Monday. 
"Continuous road testing allows L4 systems to better adapt to local traffic conditions, laying the groundwork for wider commercial use," Pan said.
China has opened multiple cities to autonomous-driving applications, with commercialization gathering pace. As deployment expands and marginal technology costs fall, autonomous driving is expected to unlock significant commercial value and emerge as a new form of mobility, veteran industry analyst Liu Dingding told the Global Times.
Pony.ai aims to expand its robotaxi fleet to more than 3,000 vehicles by the end of 2026 and operate in 20 cities worldwide, with nearly half of those cities overseas. It also plans to develop an international version of its seventh-generation robotaxi tailored to different regulatory requirements and infrastructure, supporting the deployment of more than 1,000 vehicles in overseas markets. 
Pony.ai's ambition also reflects a broader push by Chinese autonomous-driving companies to expand overseas.
On August 3, WeRide announced a partnership with Danish shared-mobility platform GreenMobility to deploy autonomous ride-hailing services in Denmark, marking its first entry into the Nordic region and sixth European market. Subject to regulatory approval, the service is expected to open to the public in the first half of 2027 using WeRide's latest GXR L4 robotaxi.
WeRide said on its website that its autonomous-driving products are now deployed in more than 40 cities across 12 countries. The company holds autonomous-driving permits in eight markets and operates a global L4 fleet of more than 3,000 vehicles.
A similar expansion is taking place in public transport. On July 17, Chinese autonomous-driving company MOGOX announced a strategic partnership with Singapore-based ComfortDelGro Bus. The two companies will cooperate on autonomous-vehicle deployment and operations, commercial expansion and coordination with regulators.
Pan said that China's autonomous-driving sector has two key advantages: a broad supplier base for major components and a large domestic market that allows companies to deploy services widely and accumulate real-world data. Advances in simulation and synthetic-data technologies have further strengthened the sector's ability to train and refine autonomous-driving systems.
Liu pointed to the cost benefits of scale. As deployment expands, the cost of key automotive-grade components such as lidar and chips continues to fall, improving the economics of commercial operations and creating more room for technological iteration, he said.
。微软向 Windows Latest 表示，这款工具“不会通过 Windows 或 Edge 进行分发”，这意味着 Microsoft Recommended Search Settings（微软推荐搜索设置）应用属于可选软件，未经用户同意，不会更改任何默认设置。不过，目前仍然不清楚微软为何要推出这款必应工具。它的完成度相当高，设计也颇为周到，可以同时修改多个浏览器的默认搜索引擎。在测试中，这款应用确实能够将 Chrome 和 Brave 的默认搜索引擎分别从 Google 和 Brave Search 切换为必应，同时还会将必应主页设置为新标签页。这意味着它并非一个仅用于演示的原型，而是一款功能完整、可以正常工作的应用。

B | 不过，根据微软的说法，这款应用不会在后台打扰用户。微软发言人表示：“这是一款可选应用，用户可以自行选择下载和安装。

C | 它不会通过 Windows 或 Edge 进行分发，任何默认设置的更改都需要获得用户同意。这些设置也可以随时进行调整。”因此，用户可以放心，这款工具不会通过 Windows Update 或某项后台服务悄悄进入系统。

D | 微软也确认，Edge 同样不具备通过这种方式进行设置修改的能力。

E | Windows Latest 从微软的下载门户安装了 MicrosoftSettings.exe。安装程序大小为 22.2MB，整个安装过程并不复杂，但会在不同阶段多次要求用户确认是否同意修改默认设置。当然，搜索引擎和主页设置随时都可以手动修改，但很多用户往往会长期使用默认设置。这也解释了为什么 Google 每年愿意向苹果支付数十亿美元，以让 Google Search 成为 iPhone 上的默认搜索引擎。完成安装并同意相关设置后，这款应用会在 Chrome、其他基于 Chromium 的浏览器（例如 Brave）以及 Firefox 中安装一个名为“Microsoft Bing Homepage & Search”的扩展程序。Chrome 针对该扩展程序的权限提示显示，它可以读取和修改所有网站上的数据、显示通知，并将主页、搜索设置和启动页面修改为 bing.com。作为防护措施，Chrome 在搜索引擎被切换后还会弹出“改回 Google Search？”的提示。不过，微软会紧接着弹出第二个提示框，试图阻止用户恢复原来的设置，提示内容大意是“等等，别改回来！”，并警告用户恢复设置后将无法继续使用必应搜索和壁纸功能。

F | 完成整个设置流程后，系统还会打开 Microsoft Rewards 注册页面，而受影响浏览器的新标签页也会切换到基于 MSN 的必应主页。注意到，微软目前尚未说明未来会把这款应用放在哪里供用户自行寻找，也没有说明用户应该如何主动避开它。

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