Chinese technology companies are rushing to unveil reasoning models – advanced artificial intelligence (AI) models designed to take more time to “think and reflect” before generating responses – as they move to narrow China’s gap with the US in the field. Alibaba Cloud, the cloud computing arm of Alibaba Group Holding, was the latest to … Read more
China has created a new specialist committee on artificial intelligence (AI), as part of the country’s vision for the development and governance of the technology, amid simmering tensions between Beijing and Washington. The AI Experts Committee will help spearhead efforts to promote the country’s perspective on how the fast-growing technology should be governed, according to … Read more
DingTalk, the workplace collaboration app developed by Alibaba Group Holding, has generated over US$200 million in core revenues over the past six months in a sign of its commercial potential. The app achieved an annual recurring revenue (ARR) of over US$200 million in the six months ended September 30, or the first half of Alibaba’s … Read more
“Alibaba may gradually become more attractive to some long-only funds because it is, after all, the largest e-commerce stock in China,” said Shawn Yang, senior analyst at Arete Research. “The expectations of macro improvement may be passed on to these consumer stocks. Alibaba is the largest among them, and its situation is improving.” Alibaba, owner … Read more
Alibaba Cloud, the digital technology backbone of the e-commerce giant, announced the release of more than 100 of its newly launched Qwen 2.5 LLMs to the global open-source community at the opening of the three-day Apsara Conference, its annual flagship event that runs until Saturday. Alibaba owns the South China Morning Post. “Alibaba Cloud is … Read more
Alibaba Cloud, the digital technology backbone of the e-commerce giant, on Friday announced that collaboration, as it unveiled a large multimodal model (LMM) solution for automotive applications that it co-developed with Nvidia and start-up Banma Network Technology, Alibaba’s intelligent cockpit solution provider, at the Apsara Conference that runs until Saturday. Alibaba owns the South China … Read more
Alibaba Group Holding’s cloud unit is set to kick off its annual tech event this week, as China’s largest cloud service provider brings together large language model (LLM) start-ups to discuss the future of artificial general intelligence (AGI). Eddie Wu Yongming, chief executive of both Alibaba Group and its cloud unit, will deliver a keynote … Read more
Starting from August 1, starting bids for domain names on Alibaba Cloud will be raised to 199 yuan for “.com” addresses and 99 yuan for other top level domains, the company said in a statement published on its official website on Saturday. Hangzhou-based Alibaba owns the South China Morning Post. Alibaba Cloud’s auction platform allows … Read more
Algorithm engineer Zhou Chang, who worked on the Tongyi Qianwen large language models (LLMs), has decided to leave Alibaba’s cloud computing unit after seven years at the firm, according to two people familiar with the matter. Alibaba owns the South China Morning Post. Zhou’s departure was first reported on Wednesday by Chinese media 36Kr. The … Read more
Alibaba Group Holding’s cloud computing unit on Monday launched a new advertising campaign in China featuring top executives from start-up Moonshot AI and online recruitment platform Zhilian Zhaopin, amid fierce competition in the local market. The ads – currently displayed at airports in Beijing and Hangzhou, capital of eastern Zhejiang province – promoted the market … Read more
