ByteDance, the owner of TikTok and its Chinese sibling Douyin, is furthering plans to boost its research capabilities in large language models (LLMs), the technology used to develop generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools like ChatGPT, as the firm’s recent efforts begin to bear fruit. The company has added at least two prominent AI experts to … Read more
Artificial intelligence (AI) adoption is primarily benefiting users in three areas – social and entertainment, education, and office collaboration – according to a new report, highlighting where the country’s technology giants may see the biggest gains as they race to integrate generative AI (GenAI) into nearly every part of their businesses. In their eagerness to … Read more
China’s artificial intelligence (AI) industry is entering a rapid period of consolidation after large language model (LLM) development mushroomed last year, industry experts said. “[LLM competition] has entered the finals this year,” Alex Zhou, managing partner of Qiming Venture Partners, said at the Future Tech Summit 2024, held by Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) … 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
“Our initial budget is HK$400 million,” iFlytek senior vice-president Duan Dawei told the South China Morning Post at the opening ceremony of the new premises on Friday. “If everything goes well [in Hong Kong], that figure is going to be more.” Duan Dawei, senior vice-president at iFlyTek, speaks at the opening ceremony of the firm’s … Read more
The wave of artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots allowed for public use in mainland China enables many users to create new content – including audio, code, images, simulations, videos and grammatically correct text – to entertain and help with everyday tasks. That demand has led to the local development of more than 200 large language models … Read more
Google has added Cantonese to its Google Translate service, as part of its largest-ever expansion that saw 110 new languages being supported, aided by generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) technology. From Thursday, users of the app and browser versions of the Google tool can translate between 243 languages, including Cantonese, a Chinese dialect widely spoken in … Read more
Yang Hongxia, who was involved in research and development of large language models (LLMs) at ByteDance, recently left the Beijing-based company to start preparing for her own AI projects, according to a report by Chinese media 36Kr. LLMs are the technology behind generative AI services like ChatGPT. Separately, Fu Ruiji – a tech leader at … Read more
Alibaba Cloud Intelligence, China’s biggest cloud computing service provider, slashed the fees for using its generative artificial intelligence (AI) models by up to 97 per cent, a salvo in a price war that comes a week after ByteDance launched a rival service that costs less than most competitors. The price cuts apply to nine of … Read more
Baidu’s Ernie Bot 4.0 and start-up Zhipu AI’s GLM-4 rank top among Chinese large language models (LLMs), but their foreign rivals still lead in overall capabilities, according to a new test by Tsinghua University in Beijing. The SuperBench assessment report examined 14 representative LLMs – the technology underpinning generative artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots – and … Read more
