{"id":313711,"date":"2025-11-29T04:58:17","date_gmt":"2025-11-29T04:58:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/313711\/"},"modified":"2025-11-29T04:58:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T04:58:17","slug":"alibaba-cloud-team-wins-top-ai-award-for-breakthrough-in-model-efficiency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/313711\/","title":{"rendered":"Alibaba Cloud team wins top AI award for breakthrough in model efficiency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">A research team led by Alibaba Cloud was the only group from China to receive a top award at this year\u2019s NeurIPS, or the Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems, billed as the artificial intelligence industry\u2019s most prestigious annual event.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The research could lead to drastic improvements in the efficiency of large language models (LLMs), significantly reducing both training and inference costs for Alibaba Group Holding\u2019s next generation of Qwen models without sacrificing accuracy.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The technique was rigorously validated through more than 30 experiments across models of varying sizes and architectures, demonstrating its robustness and generalisability.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The Alibaba Cloud team was one of four to be awarded best paper on Thursday \u2013 selected from 21,575 submissions \u2013 ahead of the conference opening on Sunday, with judges praising the tech giant for publishing its findings at a time when leading US players were increasingly keeping their AI research behind closed doors.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Alibaba Cloud is the AI and cloud computing unit of Alibaba, owner of the South China Morning Post.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The Qwen logo is displayed on a phone screen behind an AI image with integrated circuits. Photo: Shutterstock Images\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1gf69pb2 css-6ikqhs e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/b7820de6-a5e9-4a8d-ab26-1f8a93805364_cd69dc05.jpg\" title=\"The Qwen logo is displayed on a phone screen behind an AI image with integrated circuits. Photo: Shutterstock Images\"\/>The Qwen logo is displayed on a phone screen behind an AI image with integrated circuits. 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