Alibaba AI voice model cracks top 5 globally, outperforming US rivals in regional accents
A new artificial intelligence voice model from Alibaba Group Holding has beaten out Western rivals OpenAI and xAI…
Alibaba, Tencent lead pivot from chatbots to embodied AI for robotics
Chinese tech companies are racing to deploy artificial intelligence models into robots, shifting the battleground for generative AI…
China adds AI chips to secure technology assessment list amid US curbs
For the first time, China has included artificial intelligence chips in its official “secure and reliable” technology assessments,…
Alibaba unveils new Qwen model, custom chips in bid to become China’s ‘AI factory’
Speaking at the Alibaba Cloud Summit in Hangzhou, Liu Weiguang, senior vice-president of Alibaba’s cloud computing unit, framed…
Alibaba shares surge 7% in Hong Kong as firm accelerates pivot to AI
Shares of Alibaba Group Holding opened up 7.8 per cent in Hong Kong, after the firm reported strong…
ByteDance profit plunges on AI push as TikTok Shop powers overseas growth: reports
ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok and Douyin, saw its net profit plummet by more than 70 per…
As AI race with US intensifies, China’s Alibaba launches 10,000-card computing cluster
China is ramping up efforts in the AI race, as tech giants Alibaba Group Holding and Huawei Technologies…
Alibaba debuts its latest RISC-V-based chip amid shift to AI agents
Alibaba Group Holding’s research arm Damo Academy has unveiled a chip designed to fuel artificial intelligence agents, as…
What is ‘tokenomics’ and how would China gain the edge in artificial intelligence era?
“Tokens are the new commodity,” said Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, clad in his iconic leather jacket, at the…
China’s eastern and southern economic powerhouses vie for innovation leadership
China’s most powerful economic regions – the Yangtze River Delta and the Greater Bay Area – are racing…
In China’s vision for a ‘powerhouse’ stock market, it’s slow and steady over boom and bust
China’s high-level policymakers have reiterated the need to defuse financial risks and root out political corruption, two of…
Jack Ma, Alibaba executives meet teachers to discuss how education should adapt in AI era
Chinese billionaire Jack Ma and the core leadership of Alibaba Group Holding and Ant Group spent over an…