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Alibaba’s Qwen Team Releases QVQ-72B Open Source Vision AI Model in Preview
Alibaba’s Qwen research team has released another open-source artificial intelligence (AI) model. Dubbed QVQ-72B, it is a vision-based reasoning model that can analyse visual information from images and understand the context behind them. The tech giant has also shared benchmark scores of the AI model and highlighted that on one specific test, it...
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In Rare Speech, Jack Ma Pushes For AI, Sees Its Use In Future For Ant Group
Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma voiced confidence in its affiliate Ant Group's future, seeing significant opportunities in artificial intelligence for the fintech giant, at a rare public appearance since China halted its planned IPO in 2020.
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Alibaba Researchers Unveil Marco-o1 AI Model As Another Reasoning-Focused Competitor to OpenAI’s o1
Alibaba recently introduced a reasoning-focused artificial intelligence (AI) model dubbed Marco-o1. The model is similar to the QwQ-32B large language model, which is also optimised for tasks requiring advanced reasoning capabilities, however, one important distinction is that the Marco-o1 is a smaller model and is distilled from the Qwen2-7B-Instr...
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Alibaba Releases QwQ-32B Reasoning-Focused AI Model in Preview to Take on OpenAI’s GPT-o1
Alibaba released a new artificial intelligence (AI) model on Thursday, which is said to rival OpenAI’s GPT-o1 series models in reasoning capability. Launched in preview, the QwQ-32B large language model (LLM) is said to outperform GPT-o1-preview in several mathematical and logical reasoning-related benchmarks. The new AI model is available to dow...
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China's 17-Year-Old Maths "Prodigy" Was Assisted By Teacher To Ace The Global Contest, Probe Finds
A 17-year-old student in China hailed as a "genius" for her score in a maths competition cheated, competition organisers said.
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China’s Alibaba has Reportedly Slashed Jobs in Metaverse Division
Alibaba is slashing dozens of jobs from its metaverse division, as per a report by the South China Morning Post (SCMP). The report suggests that the job cuts from Alibaba’s Yuanjing unit are impacting teams in Shanghai and Hangzhou.
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Alibaba Accelerates AI Push by Releasing New Open-Source Models, Text-to-Video AI Technology
Alibaba has unveiled new open-source artificial intelligence (AI) models and text-to-video AI technology. The release includes over 100 open-source models from the Qwen 2.5 family, Alibaba's most recent foundational large language model launched earlier this year.
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China Firm Launches AI "Life Assistant" That Can Order Food, Hail Taxis
The fintech firm backed by Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba has made a foray into products powered by artificial intelligence after announcing a "life assistant" mobile app.
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MiniMax Video-01 Platform With AI Video Generation Capabilities Launched
MiniMax, a Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) unicorn startup backed by Alibaba and Tencent, released a text-to-video generation model on Monday. Dubbed Video-01, the platform is available to the public even outside of China. It can generate six-second-long videos in a wide range of styles. Video-01 joins the company’s existing AI offerings suc...
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"Shooting Makes Me Stronger": Donald Trump Attack T-shirts Go On Sale Online
The first batch of the t-shirts went on sale on a popular Chinese e-commerce platform Taobao, owned by Alibaba, within two hours of the attack.
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"Selling A Terrible Boss": Lighthearted Trend Takes Over Chinese Social Media
This humorous trend reflects the growing pressure faced by Chinese youth and their search for lighthearted outlets to cope with work-related exhaustion.
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Chinese Employees Growing Bananas On Their Desks To Relieve Work Stress
The desk banana craze has even reached Taobao, a major e-commerce platform run by Alibaba Group
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Alibaba, Baidu Slash Prices of Large-Language Models Used to Power AI Chatbots
Chinese tech giants Alibaba and Baidu slashed prices on Tuesday of large-language models (LLMs) used to power generative artificial intelligence products, as a price war in the cloud computing sector heats up in China.
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Alibaba Boosts Share Buyback By $25 Billion After Dip In Estimated Revenue
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group will increase its share buyback programme by $25 billion, the company announced Wednesday, as it published disappointing quarterly results.
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Missing Banking Tycoon Bao Fan Resurfaces, Resigns From All Roles At China Renaissance
After an absence of nearly a year, Bao Fan, the Chinese billionaire banker, has stepped down from all positions within his company, China Renaissance Holdings.
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Alibaba’s Qwen Team Releases QVQ-72B Open Source Vision AI Model in Preview
Alibaba’s Qwen research team has released another open-source artificial intelligence (AI) model. Dubbed QVQ-72B, it is a vision-based reasoning model that can analyse visual information from images and understand the context behind them. The tech giant has also shared benchmark scores of the AI model and highlighted that on one specific test, it...
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In Rare Speech, Jack Ma Pushes For AI, Sees Its Use In Future For Ant Group
Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma voiced confidence in its affiliate Ant Group's future, seeing significant opportunities in artificial intelligence for the fintech giant, at a rare public appearance since China halted its planned IPO in 2020.
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Alibaba Researchers Unveil Marco-o1 AI Model As Another Reasoning-Focused Competitor to OpenAI’s o1
Alibaba recently introduced a reasoning-focused artificial intelligence (AI) model dubbed Marco-o1. The model is similar to the QwQ-32B large language model, which is also optimised for tasks requiring advanced reasoning capabilities, however, one important distinction is that the Marco-o1 is a smaller model and is distilled from the Qwen2-7B-Instr...
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Alibaba Releases QwQ-32B Reasoning-Focused AI Model in Preview to Take on OpenAI’s GPT-o1
Alibaba released a new artificial intelligence (AI) model on Thursday, which is said to rival OpenAI’s GPT-o1 series models in reasoning capability. Launched in preview, the QwQ-32B large language model (LLM) is said to outperform GPT-o1-preview in several mathematical and logical reasoning-related benchmarks. The new AI model is available to dow...
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China's 17-Year-Old Maths "Prodigy" Was Assisted By Teacher To Ace The Global Contest, Probe Finds
A 17-year-old student in China hailed as a "genius" for her score in a maths competition cheated, competition organisers said.
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China’s Alibaba has Reportedly Slashed Jobs in Metaverse Division
Alibaba is slashing dozens of jobs from its metaverse division, as per a report by the South China Morning Post (SCMP). The report suggests that the job cuts from Alibaba’s Yuanjing unit are impacting teams in Shanghai and Hangzhou.
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Alibaba Accelerates AI Push by Releasing New Open-Source Models, Text-to-Video AI Technology
Alibaba has unveiled new open-source artificial intelligence (AI) models and text-to-video AI technology. The release includes over 100 open-source models from the Qwen 2.5 family, Alibaba's most recent foundational large language model launched earlier this year.
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China Firm Launches AI "Life Assistant" That Can Order Food, Hail Taxis
The fintech firm backed by Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba has made a foray into products powered by artificial intelligence after announcing a "life assistant" mobile app.
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MiniMax Video-01 Platform With AI Video Generation Capabilities Launched
MiniMax, a Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) unicorn startup backed by Alibaba and Tencent, released a text-to-video generation model on Monday. Dubbed Video-01, the platform is available to the public even outside of China. It can generate six-second-long videos in a wide range of styles. Video-01 joins the company’s existing AI offerings suc...
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"Shooting Makes Me Stronger": Donald Trump Attack T-shirts Go On Sale Online
The first batch of the t-shirts went on sale on a popular Chinese e-commerce platform Taobao, owned by Alibaba, within two hours of the attack.
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"Selling A Terrible Boss": Lighthearted Trend Takes Over Chinese Social Media
This humorous trend reflects the growing pressure faced by Chinese youth and their search for lighthearted outlets to cope with work-related exhaustion.
-
Chinese Employees Growing Bananas On Their Desks To Relieve Work Stress
The desk banana craze has even reached Taobao, a major e-commerce platform run by Alibaba Group
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Alibaba, Baidu Slash Prices of Large-Language Models Used to Power AI Chatbots
Chinese tech giants Alibaba and Baidu slashed prices on Tuesday of large-language models (LLMs) used to power generative artificial intelligence products, as a price war in the cloud computing sector heats up in China.
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Alibaba Boosts Share Buyback By $25 Billion After Dip In Estimated Revenue
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group will increase its share buyback programme by $25 billion, the company announced Wednesday, as it published disappointing quarterly results.
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Missing Banking Tycoon Bao Fan Resurfaces, Resigns From All Roles At China Renaissance
After an absence of nearly a year, Bao Fan, the Chinese billionaire banker, has stepped down from all positions within his company, China Renaissance Holdings.
