Baidu founder Robin Li introduced the "Daily Active Agents" (DAA) metric at the Create2026 Baidu AI Developer Conference on May 13. Li proposed DAA as an alternative to the mobile industry's "Daily Active Users" (DAU) metric. He argued that current metrics like token consumption measure cost rather than revenue or output.
The conference centered on the theme of AI "self-evolution." Li defined this concept through intelligent agents learning and acting independently. The theme also includes individuals working alongside AI and corporate structures adapting to the AI era.