TikTok parent ByteDance has turned up the heat in the Chinese generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) market by slashing the price of a new AI model with “visual understanding” capabilities and launching a slew of product updates. The new model, part of the company’s popular Doubao family, was introduced at 0.003 yuan (US$0.00041) per thousand token … Read more
Baidu CEO Robin Li Yanhong touted strong user growth for its Ernie large language model (LLM) at the company’s annual conference where it debuted a pair of artificial intelligence (AI)-powered smart glasses, as China’s largest internet search firm jostles for attention in a sea of competitors. Li said at the event on Tuesday that its … Read more
TikTok parent ByteDance is adding video-generation ability to its ChatGPT alternative Doubao, as the short-video giant doubles down on a potential blockbuster in China’s fast-growing generative artificial intelligence (AI) market. The Doubao chatbot – powered by its namesake large language model (LLM), the same underlying technology behind ChatGPT – has started testing a new video … Read more
Artificial intelligence (AI) chip start-up Biren Technology, considered key to China’s efforts to reduce reliance on US chipmaker Nvidia, said it has significantly increased the performance of its hardware when training large language models (LLMs) by working with a Tencent Holdings-backed supplier of computing power, or compute. Biren, which Washington placed on a trade blacklist … Read more
Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) company SenseTime celebrated its 10th anniversary on Thursday at its first annual Global AI Summit since the death of co-founder Tang Xiao’ou, with CEO Xu Li highlighting the firm’s chip-agnostic approach as an advantage in the coming years amid an influx of new industry challengers. “We actually adapt our AI algorithms … Read more
The service called DingTalk 365 offers more than 10 features including AI-powered search, virtual assistant and automated reply, according to a DingTalk post published on Monday on the platform’s public WeChat account. Alibaba owns the South China Morning Post. The search feature, for example, uses large language models – the technology underpinning generative AI (GenAI) … 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
Chinese firms from start-up Zhipu AI to tech giant ByteDance have rushed to launch artificial intelligence (AI) video-generation tools in recent days, but face challenges in differentiating themselves from local rivals in the market. Other new market entrants include short video platform operator Kuaishou Technology and start-up Shengshu AI, which released video generation tools for … Read more
China is narrowing the artificial intelligence (AI) gap with the US through rapid progress in deploying applications and state-backed adoption of the technology, despite the lack of access to advanced chips, according to industry experts and analysts. Chinese tech firms have rushed to create their own large language models (LLMs) – the underlying technology behind … 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
