4 d. ago ByteDance Challenges Alibaba’s Reign in China’s AI Cloud Market

ByteDance Challenges Alibaba’s Reign in China’s AI Cloud Market  The Information

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7 d. ago Alibaba Cloud team wins top AI award for breakthrough in model efficiency

A research team led by Alibaba Cloud was the only group from China to receive a top award at this year’s NeurIPS, or the Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems, billed as the artificial intelligence industry’s most prestigious annual event. The research could lead to drastic improvements in the efficiency of large language models (LLMs), significantly reducing both training and inference costs for Alibaba Group Holding’s next generation of Qwen models without sacrificing...

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8 d. ago Omdia: Mainland China’s Cloud Infrastructure Market Returns to Over 20% Growth in Q2 2025

Omdia: Mainland China’s Cloud Infrastructure Market Returns to Over 20% Growth in Q2 2025  Yahoo Finance

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1 week ago Tencent Cloud and Cartesia find a rare common voice in AI speech applications

In a rare instance of China-US cooperation on a sensitive frontier technology, Tencent Holdings’ cloud unit has struck a partnership with San Francisco start-up Cartesia to develop next-generation voice artificial intelligence applications. Tencent Cloud said in a statement on Tuesday that it had formed a “strategic partnership” with Cartesia, which last month raised US$100 million for its text-to-speech model, Sonic 3. Tencent’s “enterprise-grade global real-time communication infrastructure”...

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

Alibaba Group Holding, China’s e-commerce and cloud computing giant, on Tuesday reported a better-than-expected 5 per cent increase in revenue for the September quarter, as its cloud and artificial intelligence businesses continued to gain momentum. Total revenue for the Hangzhou-based company reached 247.8 billion yuan (US$34.8 billion) for its financial second quarter ended September 30, beating the consensus estimate of 245.2 billion yuan by Bloomberg-polled analysts. That was more than the 2...

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1 week ago China’s Shenzhou 20 debris crisis: a catalyst for space war – or peace?

A tiny piece of debris triggered the most serious mishap at China’s Tiangong space station since it became operational three years ago. Earlier this month, a crack discovered on the Shenzhou-20 spacecraft’s window forced three Chinese astronauts to remain on board Tiangong for nine extra days and eventually borrow their newly arrived colleagues’ ship to return to Earth. The event underscores the growing threat posed by Earth’s ever-expanding cloud of orbital junk – a scare that could push China,...

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2 w. ago China’s AI Titans Surf Cloud Boom Amid Chip Crunch and Profit Squeeze

China’s AI Titans Surf Cloud Boom Amid Chip Crunch and Profit Squeeze  WebProNews

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3 w. ago China's AI giants ride cloud wave, but chip constraints & margin pressures weigh: Strategist

China's AI giants ride cloud wave, but chip constraints & margin pressures weigh: Strategist  CNBC

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3 w. ago China's Tencent says chip shortage curbs cloud growth despite strong Q3 results

China's Tencent says chip shortage curbs cloud growth despite strong Q3 results  Reuters

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3 w. ago HKEX invests in HKMA unit, strengthening city’s financial market infrastructure

Bourse operator Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) is making a substantial investment in the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA)’s CMU OmniClear Holdings, marking a new phase in the development of the city’s financial market infrastructure. The HKEX would invest as much as HK$455 million (US$58.5 million) to acquire a 20 per cent stake in the HKMA’s wholly owned subsidiary, while the HKMA’s Exchange Fund will retain an 80 per cent share, the city’s de facto central bank said in a statement...

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3 w. ago China’s consumer prices return to growth as deflationary pressures persist

China’s consumer prices returned to growth in October – though the near-zero figure still pointed to persistent deflationary pressures amid weak domestic demand and trade uncertainties – while factory-gate prices continued to fall. The national consumer price index (CPI), a key gauge of inflation, rose 0.2 per cent year on year last month, according to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics on Sunday. The reading beat market expectations after a poll by financial provider Wind...

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3 w. ago China consumer prices return to growth in October, producer price slump extends to three years

China consumer prices return to growth in October, producer price slump extends to three years  CNBC

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3 w. ago China's consumer prices return to growth, producer prices decline narrows

China's consumer prices return to growth, producer prices decline narrows  China Daily

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