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The short video firm has launched Kling AI 2.0, saying the service now has more than 22 million users globally.
The move highlights the disruption caused by the new US tariffs to Apple’s supply chain.
Meituan said it would actively heed the central government’s call to bolster domestic demand and consumption.
Quark’s rapid ascent comes as Alibaba has transformed the app from a cloud storage and search service into an ‘AI super assistant’.
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ByteDance’s total revenue is said to have risen to US$155 billion last year, placing the unicorn among the world’s top internet giants.
Ma emphasised that AI should be developed with the aim of understanding and serving humanity, not replacing it.
The new tariffs will not hit iPhones assembled in China, but price hikes are expected with the iPhone 17 series this year.
Ma, who has stepped down from all his corporate roles, remains a key shareholder and spiritual leader of the business empire he created.
A four-day AI fair hosted by Alibaba Cloud in Beijing offers visitors a glimpse of the future.
The performance difference of Chinese AI models versus their US counterparts shrank from double digits in 2023 to near parity last year.
A total of 157 contractors in mainland China provide Apple with parts or manufacturing, according to the company’s latest supplier list.
By empowering innovations through its own technology and supporting former employees, the tech giant is reshaping China’s AI landscape.
The latest upgrade to the Qwen family of models will include a mixture-of-experts version and one with just 600 million parameters for mobile devices.
Kong Long left Apple after seven years, following the recent return of M4 CPU engineer Wang Huanyu to China.
Google is no longer developing Android in the open, which some developers believe could give an advantage to Huawei’s HarmonyOS.
Alibaba research arm Damo Academy’s launch of the XuanTie C930 is expected to usher in more open-source chip innovation in China.
The surprise retreat highlights NetEase’s lack of a competitive edge against rivals like Alibaba and ByteDance, analysts say.
Alibaba says its QwQ-32B AI model outperforms DeepSeek’s R1 in coding and problem solving while using fewer resources.
Li Guojie, a computer scientist from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, also suggests that OpenAI may be hitting the scaling wall.
DeepSeek’s AI magic lies in its unique blend of literary expertise and advanced algorithms, former employees and industry experts say.
Wan 2.1, which boasts performance that rivals other leading offerings, is among a series of new models developed by Alibaba.
China’s new generation of tech tsars were born after the country began its ‘reform and opening up’ phase.
Some AI developers are already using DeepSeek’s open-sourced techniques to improve efficiency.
The city is shifting towards a technology-driven economy to align with Beijing’s strategic goals, with major investments planned for AI.
DeepSeek is in no rush to conduct further fundraising or engage in new commercial activities, according to a source, instead focusing on achieving AGI.
Hangzhou-based research firm releases two of the five open-source AI infrastructure projects promised this week.
The introduction of QwQ-Max-Preview comes as Alibaba pledges to invest US$53 billion on cloud and AI infrastructure in the next three years.
China appears to have upped the ante in this field of generative AI, which is poised to disrupt the entertainment and advertising industries.
CEO Eddie Wu said Alibaba will ‘aggressively invest’ in AI infrastructure and bolster research and development on advanced new AI models.
