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The latest news on Eddie Wu Yongming, CEO of Alibaba Group, including China business and technology news.
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CEO of Alibaba Group
Leaning into the open-source approach has helped developers build AI applications faster and at lower cost, company says. Photo: Shutterstock
Artificial intelligence

Alibaba reaffirms open-source AI commitment as it hails successes

‘Building with the community’ is crucial to the success of the Qwen family of large language models, company says.

Artificial intelligence

Meta sees role reversal as it adopts Alibaba’s Qwen to train AI models

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China Future Tech briefing

AI | China chases superintelligent AI without sci-fi movie risks

Artificial intelligence

Alibaba names AI-lab leader Zhou Jingren as new group partner

He will join the 17-member Alibaba Partnership, which steers the company’s course and includes co-founders Jack Ma and Joe Tsai.

Alibaba’s Zhou Jingren speaks during a summit in Hong Kong on November 13, 2023. Photo: May Tse
Artificial intelligence

Alibaba creates new unit to push consumer use of its Qwen AI models

Significant organisational change underlines company’s determination to turn the Qwen chatbot into a ‘super app’.

Alibaba

Alibaba to lead AI capital spending among Chinese firms amid strong demand

The group’s intention to boost AI-related capital outlay reflects its aim to spearhead China’s efforts in the race for global AI leadership.

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Alibaba

Alibaba posts 5% rise in quarterly revenue on AI, cloud momentum

‘We have entered into an investment phase to build long-term strategic value in AI technologies and infrastructure,’ CEO Eddie Wu Yongming says.

Hong Kong-listed shares of Alibaba gained 2.14 per cent to close at HK$157.80 ahead of its earnings release. Photo: Shutterstock
DeepSeek

China’s DeepSeek makes rare comment, calls for AI ‘whistle-blower’ on job losses

Remarks by CEO Liang Wenfeng’s delegate highlight potential dangers of race to build superintelligent systems.

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Alibaba

Alibaba doubles down on ‘super-scale’ computing infrastructure for AI sector

Alibaba’s ‘super AI cloud’ will have the required technology to meet the industry’s massive computing demand, CEO Eddie Wu Yongming says.

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E-commerce

Alibaba boosts instant commerce drive with US$281 million convenience store plan

A network of Taobao-branded partner convenience stores is expected to roll out in more than 200 cities across the mainland.

The first batch of Taobao-branded partner convenience stores launched on Saturday. Photo: Sina
China’s private sector

A token of intent: Doubao’s data surge cements ByteDance’s AI ambitions

A surge in activity on ByteDance’s Doubao model shows how rapidly AI tools are entering daily life in China.

ByteDance’s Doubao doubles token use in six months as China’s AI boom gathers pace
Alibaba

US, China leaders will avoid ‘race to the bottom’: Alibaba’s Joe Tsai

Chairman of Chinese giant also says winning in the AI race is about attaining the largest model adoption.

US-China tech war

China’s lesson for the US: it takes more than chips to win the AI race

The AI war is increasingly waged among ‘hyperscalers’ – companies with full-stack capabilities across software, hardware and applications.

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Alibaba

Alibaba’s Qwen lab sets up robotics team, showcasing its AI ambitions

The announcement suggests the Chinese tech giant is accelerating its development in the field of AI-powered hardware.

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Alibaba’s headquarters in Hangzhou, China’s eastern Zhejiang province. Photo: Reuters
Artificial intelligence

Alibaba chairman Joe Tsai says US-China AI competition is not ‘winner takes all’

Speaking on a podcast, Tsai said the winner in AI should not be defined as ‘the strongest AI model’, but on ‘who can adopt it faster’.

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Alibaba Group chairman Joe Tsai (left) seen during the All-In podcast. Photo: Handout
Alibaba

Alibaba’s Amap hits record 360 million users as ‘golden week’ begins

The surge in usage comes as Alibaba enhances Amap’s capabilities to compete with food delivery giant Meituan in the local services sector.

Artificial intelligence

Alibaba transfers AI scientist Steven Hoi to Tongyi Lab, boosting Qwen efforts

At Tongyi Lab, Hoi is expected to help further develop Qwen, the world’s largest open-source AI ecosystem.

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Artificial intelligence

Moonshot AI’s Kimi chatbot offers ‘agent mode’ for creating websites, slides

The feature is available on Kimi’s official website for international users but remains in beta testing for users in mainland China.

Moonshot AI has quickly become one of China’s most valuable AI start-ups. Photo: Shutterstock Images
Artificial intelligence

Alibaba integrates Nvidia’s AI robotics tools on cloud platform

The partnership is a positive signal for Chinese companies to use AI in developing robots and humanoids, analyst Tilly Zhang says.

Artificial intelligence

Alibaba: latest AI model Qwen3-Max rivals best from OpenAI, Google

Alibaba Cloud announced the Qwen3-Max model, with over 1 trillion parameters, just hours ahead of the annual Apsara Conference in Hangzhou.

Alibaba

Alibaba’s AI investment and Cathie Wood’s endorsement send shares to 4-year high

Prominent US fund manager buys US$16.3 million worth of shares in a vote of confidence for the firm’s focus on AI and on-demand delivery services.

Alibaba’s logo shines over the company’s booth at the China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) in Beijing on September 10, 2025. Photo: Reuters
Artificial intelligence

Alibaba to boost AI spending as China tech giant sees AGI as new start

Group’s infrastructure spending will exceed the US$53 billion already promised, CEO Eddie Wu says at conference.

Alibaba CEO Eddie Wu Yongming speaks at the Apsara Conference in 2023. Photo: Weibo
Semiconductors

Alibaba-developed AI processor on par with Nvidia’s H20 chip, CCTV report shows

The broadcast offers fresh evidence that Chinese developers are designing advanced chips that could replace imports.

Alibaba

Alibaba enters robotaxi market with investment in Ant Group-backed Hello

The investment comes as Chinese and US tech giants are competing to make driverless taxis a commercial reality.

Huawei

Human-level AI to propel tech progress in the next decade: Huawei

The Chinese tech giant also projects a 100,000-fold increase in global computing power by 2035.

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The logo of Huawei is seen at the Viva Technology conference in Paris, France, in June. Photo: Reuters
Alibaba

Amap, Alibaba’s answer to Google Maps, sees millions test new ranking service

Amap Street Stars uses AI algorithms to rank mainland destinations including restaurants, hotels and tourist attractions.

Alibaba Group Holding has designs on turning Amap, the firm’s answer to Google Maps, into a super app. Photo: Shutterstock
Alibaba

Alibaba eyes US$3.2 billion boost for cloud and global e-commerce push

The zero-coupon convertible senior notes maturing on September 15, 2032, will be sold via a private offering to non-US investors.

Alibaba

Alibaba holds wide lead over rivals in China’s AI cloud market

The Hangzhou-based giant holds nearly 36 per cent of the market, more than the combined share of its three closest competitors, Omdia says.

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