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Alibaba to resume hiring as Xi’s meeting spurs confidence
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Alibaba to resume hiring as Xi’s meeting spurs confidence

Alibaba Group Chairman Joe Tsai announced on Tuesday that the company will restart hiring, citing renewed confidence following Chinese President Xi Jinping’s recent meeting with business leaders. Speaking at HSBC’s Global Investment Summit in Hong Kong, Tsai described the rare February gathering—attended by key Chinese tech figures, including Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma—as a strong signal […]

Alibaba's AI breakthrough boosts shares
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Alibaba’s AI breakthrough boosts shares

Alibaba Group’s latest artificial intelligence (AI) development sent its Hong Kong-listed shares soaring over 8% on Thursday. The surge followed the company’s announcement of its new AI reasoning model, QwQ-32B, which it claims rivals the widely recognized DeepSeek R1. In a post on X, Alibaba’s AI division revealed that the QwQ-32B model, with 32 billion […]

Alibaba partners with Apple on AI for iPhones in China
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Alibaba releases AI video generation model for free

Alibaba has announced that its video and image-generating AI model, Wan 2.1, is now publicly available as open-source software. This move is expected to increase its adoption and intensify competition in the AI sector. Alibaba said it is open-sourcing four models from its Wan 2.1 series, the latest version of its foundational AI model capable […]

Alibaba partners with Apple on AI for iPhones in China
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Alibaba to invest $53bn in AI, marking major shift

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. plans to invest over 380 billion yuan ($53 billion) in AI infrastructure, including data centers, over the next three years. This major commitment highlights the company’s ambition to become a leader in artificial intelligence. Alibaba, plans to invest more in AI and cloud computing than it has over the past decade. […]

Alibaba cuts quantum computing team
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Alibaba launches AI model, claims it surpasses DeepSeek-V3

Chinese tech company Alibaba launched a new version of its Qwen 2.5 artificial intelligence model on Wednesday, claiming it surpassed the highly-regarded DeepSeek-V3. The timing of the Qwen 2.5-Max’s release, coinciding with the first day of the Lunar New Year when most Chinese people are off work, reflects the pressure DeepSeek’s rapid rise in the […]

Jack Ma expresses confidence in Ant Group's AI future
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Jack Ma expresses confidence in Ant Group’s AI future

Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma voiced strong optimism about the future of Ant Group, highlighting significant opportunities in artificial intelligence for the fintech giant during a rare public appearance on Sunday. The remarks were made at the 20th-anniversary celebration of Ant Group, which Ma also co-founded, marking his first such appearance since China halted the company’s […]

Alibaba cuts quantum computing team
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Alibaba agrees to $433.5m settlement in US monopolistic lawsuit

Alibaba has agreed to pay $433.5 million to settle a U.S. class-action lawsuit alleging monopolistic practices, although the company denies any wrongdoing. It said the decision to settle aims to avoid the costs and disruptions associated with ongoing litigation, according to Reuters. The proposed settlement, which requires approval from U.S. District Judge George Daniels, addresses […]

Jack Ma steps out of sabbatical with memo to employees
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Jack Ma steps out of sabbatical with memo to employees

The co-founder of Alibaba, Jack Ma, has delivered a memo to employees, signaling his support for the internet behemoth’s restructuring endeavors. This gesture, uncommon from the billionaire who has maintained a low profile in recent years, was well-received by the market, with Alibaba’s Hong Kong-listed shares witnessing a 5% surge following the announcement. The memo, […]

Alibaba's AI breakthrough boosts shares
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Alibaba Cloud slashes prices to woo AI developers

Alibaba Cloud, the cloud computing arm of China’s e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding, unveiled its plans on Monday to significantly slash prices for a range of products hosted in its offshore data centers. This strategic move comes amidst intensifying competition within the market to entice artificial intelligence software developers. The announcement encompasses a substantial reduction […]

Alibaba to resume hiring as Xi’s meeting spurs confidence
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Alibaba slashes prices of cloud services by 55%

Alibaba Cloud announced on Thursday that it would reduce prices on some of its products by up to 55%, aiming to attract heavy users, especially artificial intelligence software developers. This marks the second time in less than a year that the cloud division of Alibaba Group Holding has implemented price cuts, following reductions of up […]

Alibaba new CEO prioritizes domestic e-commerce growth
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Alibaba new CEO prioritizes domestic e-commerce growth

Alibaba Group announced on Wednesday that its new chief executive will be in charge of its domestic e-commerce division directly. The former head of the division will now be overseeing non-core assets as the company struggles with slower earnings growth. With immediate effect, Group CEO Eddie Wu will assume leadership of Taobao and Tmall Group, […]

Alibaba cuts quantum computing team
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Alibaba cuts quantum computing team

The research arm of Alibaba, a Chinese internet titan, has cut a team and lab dedicated to quantum computing. The facility and associated experimental equipment have been donated by the company to Zhejiang University, they said on Monday. An official with Alibaba’s internal research programme, DAMO Academy, which encompasses the lab, stated that the academy […]