Alibaba launches new AI model targeting rival DeepSeek, China’s hottest start-up

Alibaba launches new AI model targeting rival DeepSeek, China’s hottest start-up

In a statement posted on WeChat, the e-commerce giant’s cloud computing and AI arm Alibaba Cloud said its new Qwen 2.5-Max model also outperformed OpenAI’s GPT-4o and Meta Platforms’ Llama-3.1-405B in LLM performance benchmark platforms Arena-Hard and LiveBench. Alibaba owns the South China Morning Post. The benchmark performance of Qwen 2.5-Max, part of Alibaba’s Tongyi … Read more

Explainer | How tech start-up DeepSeek emerged as the unlikely game changer in US-China AI war

Explainer | How tech start-up DeepSeek emerged as the unlikely game changer in US-China AI war

The Hangzhou-based firm over the past several weeks released two powerful new AI models, DeepSeek-V3 and DeepSeek-R1, that were built at a fraction of the cost and computing power that major tech companies muster to build large language models (LLMs) – the technology underpinning generative AI services like ChatGPT. On social media, the AI community … Read more

China’s AI disrupter DeepSeek bets on low-key team of ‘young geniuses’ to beat US giants

China’s AI disrupter DeepSeek bets on low-key team of ‘young geniuses’ to beat US giants

DeepSeek, the Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) start-up that took the tech world by surprise with its powerful AI model developed on a shoestring, is betting on its secret weapon of “young geniuses” to take on deep-pocketed US giants, according to insiders and Chinese media reports. On December 26, the Hangzhou-based firm released its DeepSeek V3 … Read more