Alibaba Group: News
Alibaba's flagship Qwen 3.8 model rivals Anthropic's Fable 5
Alibaba has launched its latest open-weight AI model, Qwen 3.8, with a whopping 24 trillion parameters.
Alibaba open-sources AI software stack to take on NVIDIA
Alibaba Group Holding's chip design division, T-Head, has announced its decision to open-source its proprietary AI software stack.
SK Hynix raises $26.5B in record US debut
SK Hynix, a leading South Korean memory chip manufacturer and major supplier to AI chip giant NVIDIA, has raised $26.5 billion (KRW 40 trillion) in its debut on the US stock market.
Alibaba bans Anthropic's AI tools over security concerns
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba has announced a ban on the use of US-based artificial intelligence (AI) company Anthropic's tools by its employees.
Why AI companions are going offline in China
ByteDance's Doubao and Alibaba's Qwen, two of China's leading consumer-facing artificial intelligence (AI) apps, are disabling their humanlike AI custom agents.
Alibaba's new AI tool can discover superconducting materials
Alibaba Group's Damo Academy has unveiled a groundbreaking artificial intelligence (AI) agent, Elements Claw, that specializes in discovering superconducting materials.
Why Alibaba has banned staff from using Claude Code
Alibaba Group has banned its employees from using Anthropic's Claude Code in the workplace.
Trump administration reportedly asks OpenAI to stagger GPT-5.6 rollout
The US government has reportedly asked OpenAI to delay the launch of its upcoming AI model, GPT-5.6.
Anthropic accuses Alibaba of world's biggest AI theft
US-based artificial intelligence (AI) company Anthropic has accused Chinese tech giant Alibaba of a massive intellectual property theft.
Why Alibaba is suing US government
Chinese tech and e-commerce giant Alibaba has sued the US government after being added to a Pentagon blacklist of companies allegedly linked to China's military.
Alibaba launches AI models designed for robots
Alibaba Group has launched its first suite of artificial intelligence (AI) models specifically designed for robots.
Pentagon blacklists Alibaba, BYD over ties to Chinese military
The Pentagon has added Alibaba, Baidu, and BYD to its list of companies allegedly aiding the Chinese military.
Alibaba says its new AI beats ChatGPT, Gemini in coding
Alibaba has unveiled its latest artificial intelligence (AI) model, Qwen3.7-Max, which has outperformed OpenAI and Google's models in coding benchmarks.
Alibaba unveils new AI chip to rival NVIDIA
Alibaba has unveiled its latest artificial intelligence (AI) chip, the Zhenwu M890, which is three times more powerful than its predecessor, the Zhenwu 810E.
DeepSeek could hit $45B valuation in first funding round
DeepSeek, a Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) lab, is in talks to raise its first-ever venture capital round.
Alibaba's new AI model turns your prompts into 3D worlds
Alibaba has unveiled its latest artificial intelligence (AI) model, Happy Oyster.
Alibaba deploying AI 'digital workforce': How will it work?
Alibaba Group Holding, the Chinese tech giant, is gearing up to launch a new service that will provide artificial intelligence (AI) agents to millions of merchants on its Taobao and Tmall platforms.
Alibaba unveils XuanTie C950 AI chip: What makes it special?
Alibaba Group has unveiled its next-generation XuanTie C950 5-nanometer processor, a major step in the tech giant's transition toward agentic artificial intelligence (AI).
AI system begins crypto mining on its own
A recent research paper has revealed that artificial intelligence (AI) systems can sometimes go beyond their assigned tasks in unexpected ways.
Smaller, smarter: Alibaba's new AI models impress Elon Musk
Chinese tech giant Alibaba has launched four new small models in its Qwen 3.5 series. The lineup includes Qwen3.5-0.8B, 2B, 4B, and 9B.
Alibaba's new Qwen 3.5 AI model has 'visual agentic capabilities'
Alibaba has launched its latest artificial intelligence (AI) model, Qwen 3.5.
India partners with Alibaba to boost exports, support small businesses
The Indian government has partnered with Alibaba.com, a leading Chinese e-commerce platform, to promote exports.
Alibaba's new AI model helps robots recognize, interact with objects
Alibaba has launched an artificial intelligence (AI) model, RynnBrain, to power robots. The new development comes from the company's research arm, DAMO Academy.
Alibaba's AI detects deadly cancers before symptoms appear
In a groundbreaking development, an artificial intelligence (AI) system has been used in eastern China to detect pancreatic cancer before symptoms appear.
Alibaba upgrades AI browser to rival OpenAI Atlas, Perplexity Comet
Alibaba has revamped its Quark browser, positioning it as a competitor to Google Chrome, OpenAI Atlas, and Perplexity Comet.
France to take legal action against AliExpress: Here's why
France has filed legal complaints against popular e-commerce platforms such as AliExpress and Joom, over the sale of childlike sex dolls.
Alibaba takes on Meta with new AI smart glasses
Alibaba has officially launched its new Quark artificial intelligence (AI) glasses in China.
Alibaba, ByteDance move AI training overseas to access NVIDIA chips
Leading Chinese technology companies, including Alibaba and ByteDance, are shifting their artificial intelligence (AI) model training operations to Southeast Asia.
Alibaba's AI app Qwen hits 10M downloads in a week
Alibaba Group's newly revamped artificial intelligence (AI) app, Qwen, has crossed the milestone of 10 million downloads within a week of its launch.
Alibaba introduces AI chatbot in consumer market push
Alibaba has launched a new artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot assistant service, marking its re-entry into the consumer-facing sector.
Alibaba launches Qwen3-Max, its most powerful AI model yet
Alibaba, the Chinese e-commerce giant, has unveiled its most powerful artificial intelligence (AI) language model yet: Qwen3-Max.
Global AI investment to hit $4T by 2030: Alibaba CEO
Alibaba's CEO Eddie Wu has predicted that global investment in artificial intelligence (AI) will reach a whopping $4 trillion in the next five years.
Alibaba's new open-source AI processes multimodal inputs in real time
Alibaba has launched a new artificial intelligence (AI) model, Qwen3-Omni.
Alibaba enters robotaxi market with investment in ride-hailing firm Hello
Alibaba Group has made a strategic investment in Hello, a ride-hailing company backed by its fintech affiliate Ant Group.
Alibaba unveils its largest AI model with 1 trillion parameters
Alibaba has unveiled its most advanced artificial intelligence (AI) model, the Qwen-3-Max-Preview.
Alibaba shares surge 15% on soaring AI revenues, cloud growth
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd's stock surged almost 15%, its biggest intraday gain since February, in Hong Kong.
Worrying: AI is outperforming human salespeople on Chinese e-commerce sites
A Shanghai-based marketing firm, PLTFRM, has deployed "virtual human" AI-powered sales avatars on Chinese e-commerce platforms like Alibaba's Taobao and Pinduoduo.
Alibaba-backed company to sell its stake in Paytm worth ₹3,800cr
Alibaba-backed Antfin (Netherlands) Holding B.V., a major shareholder of One97 Communications (Paytm), is planning to divest its entire 5.84% stake in the company.
Doormats depicting Lord Jagannath removed from AliExpress after backlash
Chinese e-commerce giant AliExpress has taken down a controversial product listing featuring doormats depicting Lord Jagannath, a highly revered deity in Hinduism.
Trump suspends duty-free import rule: Major blow to global e-commerce?
US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order suspending the de minimis duty-free treatment for all non-postal imports, regardless of origin or value.
Alibaba rolls out AI-powered smart glasses: What do they offer?
Alibaba has joined the race for smart glasses in China with its first pair of AI-powered spectacles.
Alibaba introduces its most powerful coding AI model
Alibaba has unveiled Qwen3-Coder, its most sophisticated open-source artificial intelligence (AI) model for software development.
How this city, home to DeepSeek, became China's AI hub
Hangzhou, a city in China, is fast becoming a major AI hub.
Huawei denies allegations of using Alibaba's tech for its LLM
Huawei's artificial intelligence (AI) research division, Noah Ark Lab, has denied allegations of copying elements from an Alibaba model in its Pangu Pro large language model (LLM), saying that it was developed and trained independently.
AI agent built on Alibaba's open-source model tops global benchmark
Alibaba Group Holding's open-source Qwen artificial intelligence (AI) model has helped the agentic framework DeepSWE beat its competitors in a recent test.
Alibaba unveils $7B subsidy plan to boost e-commerce in China
Chinese tech giant Alibaba has announced a massive $7 billion subsidy plan to boost its online retail platform.
Alibaba rolls out its Qwen VLo AI model: What's special?
Alibaba has unveiled its latest artificial intelligence (AI) model, Qwen VLo, capable of generating and editing pictures with human-like finesse.
Alibaba's new AI can detect stomach cancer at early stages
Alibaba Group has introduced a revolutionary artificial intelligence (AI) model, named Grape, which can detect gastric cancer from computed tomography (CT) images.