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May 6, 2026 · Artificial Intelligence

Inside 1688’s Inference‑Based Recommendation System: Architecture, Challenges, and Future Directions

This article details how Alibaba 1688 tackles the “information cocoon” problem by deploying large‑model inference‑based recommendation, describing its three‑layer architecture, multi‑stage user demand analysis, long‑cycle behavior compression, prompt engineering, trend mining, near‑line serving, and future enhancements.