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China’s open-source AI models are competing against closed systems from the likes of Google and OpenAI. Illustration: Henry Wong
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How open-source AI is helping China win hearts and market share

China’s free-for-all AI models, developed by firms like DeepSeek and Alibaba, present a viable alternative to US closed-source systems.

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Nvidia CEO meets China’s commerce minister to discuss AI cooperation

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Chinese AI agent firms lag US, but seek to close gap amid OpenAI’s latest push

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AI for science, drug discovery to have ‘greatest impact’, says Nvidia’s Huang

Biology was created by nature and therefore harder to ‘manipulate’, Huang said at the China International Supply Chain Expo on Thursday.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang adjusts his glasses as he speaks during the opening of the China International Supply Chain Expo, in Beijing, July 16, 2025. Photo: AP
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AI | Nvidia chip’s return stokes Chinese AI boom

US lifting of export ban on the tech giant’s H20 processors will boost DeepSeek and other Chinese tech firms’ development of AI tools.

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Chinese unicorn Moonshot launches AI model Kimi K2 in red-hot open-source market

Kimi K2 reflects a broader trend in the AI sector towards open-source development to improve efficiency and gain wider product adoption.

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China’s cloud services spending hits US$11.6 billion on AI-related demand

Alibaba leads the market with a 33 per cent share, followed by Huawei and Tencent with shares of 18 per cent and 10 per cent, respectively.

China’s robust demand for cloud infrastructure services comes amid a surge in artificial intelligence-related activities. Photo: Shutterstock
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Alibaba expert envisions AI agents transforming daily life in 5 years

Hong Kong poised for bigger role in the AI landscape thanks to capital and research capabilities, Huang Fei says at Post’s China Conference.

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Alibaba AI model-based agentic framework tops global ranking

DeepSWE, trained on the Qwen3-32B model, scored 59 per cent accuracy in the latest industry benchmark to outperform a DeepSeek-V3 variant.

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Alibaba leads US$14 million funding round in Chinese AI agent start-up

AI agents, designed to perform specific tasks, are increasingly seen as the future of business automation.

AI agents are programs that are capable of autonomously performing tasks on behalf of a user or another system. Photo: Shutterstock Images
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Alibaba Cloud expands AI footprint with data centres in Malaysia, Philippines

Southeast Asia is a key market for China’s Big Tech firms and a battleground for US-China AI rivalry.

A smartphone displays the logo of Alibaba Cloud in this arranged photograph. Photo: Shutterstock Images
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Alibaba Cloud to bring AI capabilities to global data centres this year

The company operates more than two dozen data centres worldwide, including two in the US and one in London.

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Alibaba Cloud expands in South Korea with second data centre

The company’s AI service clients in South Korea include Naver-backed messaging app Snow and AI solutions provider Univa.

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Jack Ma’s Alibaba Cloud visit comes as tech giant accelerates adoption of AI

Ma, who has stepped down from all his corporate roles, remains a key shareholder and spiritual leader of the business empire he created.

Alibaba founder Jack Ma speaks about the significance of AI during his visit to Alibaba Cloud on Thursday. Credit: Handout
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Alibaba Cloud AI model Animate Anyone 2 simplifies lifelike character animation

China appears to have upped the ante in this field of generative AI, which is poised to disrupt the entertainment and advertising industries.

Alibaba Cloud’s Animate Anyone 2 was built on top of the artificial intelligence model’s first iteration that was announced in late 2023. Photo: Shutterstock
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Alibaba Cloud rolls out expanded suite of AI models, tools in overseas push

The company’s latest move aligns with its broader strategy to ramp up overseas investments in key markets around the world.

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Chinese start-up 01.AI founder Lee Kai-fu denies asset sale to Alibaba Cloud

01.AI denounced as ‘vicious slander’ talks that it was looking to sell its pre-training team and other assets owing to business difficulty.

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Alibaba Cloud to live stream China’s most-watched event for first time

The TV show, which airs on January 28, has been a Lunar New Year’s Eve tradition for millions of Chinese families since 1983.

A screenshot from the Spring Festival TV gala in 2023. Photo: CCTV
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Alibaba Cloud aims high in Southeast Asia with new AI partners

China’s leading cloud services provider is prioritising investments in its operations across Indonesia, Thailand and other markets.

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China creates new AI advisory body, with Alibaba Cloud founder as chief expert

The AI Experts Committee is expected to promote China’s perspective on how the fast-growing technology should be governed.

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‘China’s Instagram’ completes largest data migration ever to Alibaba Cloud

The popular lifestyle social platform Xiaohongshu spent a full year moving 500 petabytes of data to China’s largest cloud provider.

Visitors line up near the booth for Xiaohongshu at the China International Import Expo (CIIE) in Shanghai on November 6. Photo: Reuters
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Alibaba Cloud to kick off annual Apsara tech event with focus on AI

Alibaba’s cloud unit will kick off its annual tech event this week, bringing together large language model start-ups to discuss the future of artificial general intelligence.

The logo of Alibaba is illuminated outside its office building in Beijing, China, August 9, 2021. Photo: Reuters
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AI makes Alibaba Cloud company’s shining star in June quarter

While Taobao and Tmall missed estimates amid intensifying competition, the tech giant’s cloud growth stood out amid ‘robust demand’ for AI products.

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Alibaba Cloud raises prices for domain name auctions amid AI compute price war

Auctions for previously owned domain names now start at 99 yuan, a 43 per cent increase over new prices announced just a year ago.

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Alibaba Cloud touts endorsements from major clients in AI computing race

Alibaba Cloud and rivals are gunning for a market that is expected to expand faster this year, thanks partly to popularity of generative AI.

Alibaba Cloud has launched two new ads. Photo: Bloomberg
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Alibaba Cloud’s ‘AI programmer’ gets mixed reactions from real programmers

Alibaba’s cloud unit has introduced its first ‘AI programmer’ powered by the company’s own large language model, as the tech giant explores monetisation.

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Alibaba’s Tongyi Qianwen large language model is now powering an AI programmer meant to help software developers. Photo: Shutterstock
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Alibaba Cloud cuts prices for international customers amid global AI race

Alibaba is cutting prices by as much as 59 per cent for international users of its compute, storage, network, database and big data products.

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Alibaba Cloud service failure hits Taobao in second outage in a year

The 3.5-hour system breakdown also affected other Alibaba apps such as DingTalk, as well as the company’s cloud storage services.

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