3 d. ago Ant Group’s LingGuang a hit as users create millions of flash apps with AI tool

LingGuang, an artificial intelligence vibe coding tool by Ant Group, has become a mini-app factory, helping users create 3.3 million flash apps in the two weeks since its launch, according to the Chinese fintech giant. Launched on November 18, LingGuang is a multimodal AI assistant that can generate simple apps in as little as 30 seconds in response to the users’ natural language prompts. Ant is an affiliate of Alibaba Group Holding, which owns the South China Morning Post. In the past two...

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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 Gains Lead as China's Top AI Enabler, Morgan Stanley Survey Shows

Alibaba Gains Lead as China's Top AI Enabler, Morgan Stanley Survey Shows  Yahoo Finance

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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 DeepSeek, Alibaba researchers endorse China’s AI regulatory framework

Researchers from artificial intelligence start-up DeepSeek and tech giant Alibaba Group Holding have endorsed China’s emerging AI regulatory framework while calling for clearer feedback in a paper published in the US journal Science. The paper, published last month under the title “China’s emerging regulation towards an open future for AI”, said the country had so far facilitated an “innovation- and openness-friendly institutional environment for AI developers” but that it could be further...

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8 d. ago China’s Alibaba brings removable batteries to the smart glasses race

China’s Alibaba brings removable batteries to the smart glasses race  The Verge

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8 d. ago Alibaba launches US$537 Quark AI glasses to challenge devices from Meta, Xiaomi

Alibaba Group Holding on Thursday launched its first artificial intelligence glasses in China, as the tech giant seeks to carve out a solid niche in the growing smart wearables market. The Quark AI Glasses, named after the company’s Quark AI assistant, include three versions each of the series’ flagship S1 model and the lightweight G1 model. Alibaba owns the South China Morning Post. “AI glasses are the intelligent devices that truly usher in a revolution in human-computer interaction in the AI...

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8 d. ago Jack Ma Foundation pledges US$4 million for Hong Kong fire victims

The Jack Ma Foundation said on Thursday it would donate HK$30 million (US$3.9 million) to support families, firefighters and rescuers affected by a deadly fire at a housing estate in Hong Kong’s Tai Po district. In a statement, the foundation – established by the founder of Alibaba Group Holding and Ant Group – expressed solidarity with all those affected by the tragedy. Alibaba owns the South China Morning Post. The donation follows a further commitment of HK$20 million from Alibaba and HK$10...

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8 d. ago Alibaba starts selling Quark AI glasses in China, enters global wearables race By Reuters

Alibaba starts selling Quark AI glasses in China, enters global wearables race By Reuters  Investing.com

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8 d. ago Alibaba Launches New Quark AI Glasses Series in China, Deeply Integrated with Qwen

Alibaba Launches New Quark AI Glasses Series in China, Deeply Integrated with Qwen  Alizila

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8 d. ago Alibaba starts selling Quark AI glasses in China, enters global wearables race

Alibaba starts selling Quark AI glasses in China, enters global wearables race  Reuters

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9 d. ago Pentagon seeks to add Alibaba, Baidu, BYD to China military list, Bloomberg News reports

Pentagon seeks to add Alibaba, Baidu, BYD to China military list, Bloomberg News reports  Reuters

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9 d. ago Pentagon suggests adding Alibaba, Baidu, BYD to list for aiding China military, Bloomberg News reports

Pentagon suggests adding Alibaba, Baidu, BYD to list for aiding China military, Bloomberg News reports  Reuters

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9 d. ago Pentagon Cited Alibaba on China Military Aid in Oct. 7 Letter

Pentagon Cited Alibaba on China Military Aid in Oct. 7 Letter  Bloomberg.com

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1 week ago Alibaba’s AI Arm Surges 34% While China Commerce Bounces Back

Alibaba’s AI Arm Surges 34% While China Commerce Bounces Back  Bloomberg.com

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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 Alibaba’s Cainiao expands service in Africa as demand for China goods surges

Alibaba Group Holding’s logistics arm, Cainiao, has expanded its parcel delivery service to eight African countries – including Morocco, Ghana and Nigeria – as it races to give Chinese e-commerce merchants a cheaper, more reliable way to reach the fast-growing continent. The company planned to extend the service to South Africa and Egypt by the end of December, Cainiao said in a statement over the weekend. Alibaba owns the South China Morning Post. Cainiao said underdeveloped logistics...

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1 week ago Alibaba’s Cainiao expands service in Africa as demand for Chinese goods surges

Alibaba Group Holding’s logistics arm, Cainiao, has expanded its parcel delivery service to eight African countries – including Morocco, Ghana and Nigeria – as it races to give Chinese e-commerce merchants a cheaper, more reliable way to reach the fast-growing continent. The company planned to extend the service to South Africa and Egypt by the end of December, Cainiao said in a statement over the weekend. Alibaba owns the South China Morning Post. Cainiao said underdeveloped logistics...

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2 w. ago The business behind Alibaba: How China’s tech titan makes billions

The business behind Alibaba: How China’s tech titan makes billions  CNBC

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2 w. ago Ant Group unveils AI assistant that builds ‘flash apps’ in 30 seconds

Fintech giant Ant Group, an affiliate of Alibaba Group Holding, has unveiled what it called China’s first multimodal artificial intelligence assistant capable of producing code-driven outputs, including “flash apps” in as little as 30 seconds. LingGuang, described as a next-generation multimodal AI assistant, was designed to help users create a variety of simple apps – including a calorie tracker, a Pac-Man-style game and a Chinese character memorisation tool – based on natural language prompts,...

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