Chinese fashion student outsmarts AI teams to reach finals of Alibaba maths competition

Chinese fashion student outsmarts AI teams to reach finals of Alibaba maths competition

A 17-year-old student majoring in fashion design, who is self-taught in maths, beat all the artificial intelligence (AI) teams to get into the finals of the Alibaba Global Mathematics Competition, according to the final list issued by the organiser, Alibaba’s DAMO Academy. Just over 800 competitors with an average age of 22 qualified for the … Read more

Alibaba’s Damo Academy plans to launch latest version of its XuanTie RISC-V processor this year

Alibaba’s Damo Academy plans to launch latest version of its XuanTie RISC-V processor this year

Damo Academy, Alibaba Group Holding’s research arm, expects to launch the next-generation of its XuanTie series of RISC-V processors – the C930 – this year, in the latest effort to counter the impact of tighter US trade restrictions on exports of advanced chip technologies to China. Damo Academy showcased the next iteration of its XuanTie … Read more

Alibaba’s Damo Academy kicks off operations at new unit, with goal to recruit and train over 100 postdoctoral researchers in next three years

Alibaba’s Damo Academy kicks off operations at new unit, with goal to recruit and train over 100 postdoctoral researchers in next three years

Alibaba Group Holding’s Damo Academy has established a new research unit, which started recruiting the first batch of more than 100 postdoctoral candidates it aims to train, marking the Chinese e-commerce giant’s latest push to expand its global research programme in cutting-edge technologies. The new research unit will support these candidates’ postdoctoral work across various … Read more