Alibaba looks on course for a turnaround amid renewed investor frenzy for Chinese stocks

Alibaba looks on course for a turnaround amid renewed investor frenzy for Chinese stocks

“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 CEO eyes greater AI research and development, as firm open sources 100 new LLMs

Alibaba CEO eyes greater AI research and development, as firm open sources 100 new LLMs

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

AI could be capable of ‘learning by thinking’, say researchers

AI could be capable of ‘learning by thinking’, say researchers

NEW DELHI: Artificial intelligence (AI) too could be capable of ‘learning by thinking‘, which is known to be core to a great discovery, according to a review. Cognitive scientists have documented how people learn from observation, in which one acquires knowledge by observing the external world. However, another way of learning — a relatively neglected … Read more

Alibaba, Nvidia collaborate on advanced autonomous-driving solution, computing services

Alibaba, Nvidia collaborate on advanced autonomous-driving solution, computing services

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 Cloud to kick off annual Aspara tech event with focus on AI

Alibaba Cloud to kick off annual Aspara tech event with focus on AI

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

AI Calculator Can Predict Your Death With 78% Accuracy: Would You Try It Out?

AI Calculator Can Predict Your Death With 78% Accuracy: Would You Try It Out?

Artificial intelligence (AI) has evolved rapidly over the past decade, touching nearly every aspect of our lives, from automating tasks to driving cars. Now, in a striking new development, AI technology has advanced to the point where it can predict something as profound as when a person might die—with an accuracy rate of 78%. Introducing … Read more

Exclusive | PolyU’s top AI scientist Yang Hongxia seeks to revolutionise LLM development in Hong Kong

Exclusive | PolyU’s top AI scientist Yang Hongxia seeks to revolutionise LLM development in Hong Kong

At present, Yang said LLM development has mostly relied on deploying advanced and expensive graphics processing units (GPUs), from the likes of Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices, in data centres for projects involving vast amounts of raw data, which has put deep-pocketed Big Tech companies and well-funded start-ups at a major advantage. The entrance to … Read more

Alibaba launches maths-specific AI models said to outperform LLMs from OpenAI, Google

Alibaba launches maths-specific AI models said to outperform LLMs from OpenAI, Google

“Over the past year, we have dedicated significant efforts to researching and enhancing the reasoning capabilities of large language models, with a particular focus on their ability to solve arithmetic and mathematical problems,” the Qwen team, part of Alibaba’s cloud computing unit, said in a post published on developer platform GitHub on Thursday. Alibaba owns … Read more

Intel launches new chip to power Chinese carmakers’ advanced in-vehicle AI initiatives

Intel launches new chip to power Chinese carmakers’ advanced in-vehicle AI initiatives

Intel has launched a new graphics processing unit (GPU) for cars in mainland China, as the US chip giant doubles down on the world’s largest electric vehicle market amid its slumping growth and intense competition in advanced semiconductors. The company’s new Arc Graphics for Automotive discrete GPU, designed to power in-car artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities, … Read more

Can AI Truly Self-Improve? New Findings Show Human Data Crucial for AI Advancement

Can AI Truly Self-Improve? New Findings Show Human Data Crucial for AI Advancement

Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems, such as ChatGPT, have made remarkable progress, yet they still need human assistance for enhancement and accuracy. According to a new study published by Nature, AI systems remain heavily reliant on large datasets curated and labelled by humans to learn and generate their responses. Despite significant advancements in large language models … Read more