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Saturday 7 March 2026
Qwen shake-up sparks AI talent war with Z.ai and DeepMind
According to TechWeb, on March 5, 2026, Alibaba CEO Eddie Wu formally approved Alibaba's core Qwen team member Jun-Yang Lin's resignation in an internal letter to Tongyi Lab,...
Friday 6 March 2026
Alibaba faces questions over Qwen continuity after sudden departures and structural shift
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.'s core team behind its Qwen large language model faced renewed turbulence after the abrupt resignation of its original technical lead prompted an emergency...
Friday 6 March 2026
Alibaba’s Qwen loses its architect, stirring questions about China’s AI drive
Alibaba's large language model ambitions have been jolted by an unexpected leadership departure. In the early hours of March 4, the head of Alibaba Group's Qwen artificial intelligence...
Tuesday 17 February 2026
Alibaba unveils Qwen 3.5: a new frontier in multimodal AI agents
Alibaba Group on February 16 launched Qwen 3.5, positioning the new model as a flagship upgrade designed for the "agentic AI era," as competition in advanced artificial intelligence...
Wednesday 4 February 2026
China's tech giants transform Lunar New Year into AI showdown
This year's Lunar New Year holiday is shaping up as an intense AI competition for China's tech industry. Unlike previous campaigns driven by payment platforms or e-commerce red envelope...
Tuesday 3 February 2026
China's AI competition heats up: ByteDance and Alibaba ready new flagship models
ByteDance and Alibaba are intensifying their battle for AI dominance in China with planned releases of new flagship models around the 2026 Lunar New Year. This competition marks one...
Thursday 29 January 2026
Alibaba's new AI chip challenges Nvidia from A800 to A100-class performance
Alibaba has unveiled its in-house high-end AI processor, Zhenwu 810E, advancing its strategy to vertically integrate AI chips, cloud infrastructure, and large language models. Developed...
Tuesday 20 January 2026
Alibaba's Qwen expansion links AI directly to consumer services
Alibaba is repositioning its Qwen artificial intelligence app as more than a chatbot, turning it into a gateway to the company's vast consumer ecosystem. The app now connects directly...
Wednesday 24 December 2025
Chinese AI models overtake US rivals in developer adoption
A recent report from Stanford University reveals that Chinese open-source artificial intelligence (AI) models are rapidly catching up to, and, in some cases, surpassing their US closed-source...
Friday 19 December 2025
US loses ground in open-source AI as Chinese models gain traction
Several experts have raised concerns that while the US maintains leadership in advanced artificial intelligence (AI) models, it is lagging behind in open-source AI development. American...
Monday 15 December 2025
Meta's next AI model, 'Avocado,' signals shift to closed development

Meta is reportedly developing a new AI model, code-named "Avocado," slated for release in the spring of 2026.

Tuesday 2 December 2025
Alibaba Cloud's global expansion tests geopolitical boundaries
Alibaba Cloud is ramping up its global strategy, pushing aggressively into the Middle East and Southeast Asia to expand its presence in fast-growing emerging markets.
Tuesday 2 December 2025
Singapore's SEA-LION AI model built on Alibaba Qwen signals shift from Meta
Alibaba Group's open-source Qwen model, recognized as a key player in the AI market, now forms the foundation of Singapore's large language model (LLM) SEA-LION. The latest version,...
Thursday 27 November 2025
Alibaba sees no AI bubble in 3 years, may boost capital spending
Alibaba reported strong cloud revenue growth for the quarter ending September 30, 2025, with CNY39.8 billion (approx. US$5.6 billion) in sales, up 34% year-over-year, and external...
Friday 21 November 2025
'Qianwen': Alibaba's answer to ChatGPT
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. has formally entered the global consumer-facing AI market, announcing the public beta launch of the Qianwen App, a personal AI assistant built on the company's...