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Freshippo’s expansion comes three months after its parent company Alibaba revealed its restructuring plans. Freshippo, Alibaba Group’s retail grocery subsidiary, has opened 12 new stores across Mainland China. The stores are strategically located in key cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou, aiming to cater to the growing demand for high-quality products and exceptional service in the highly competitive grocery market. According to an official press release on June 30, seven of...

Reports in Chinese media about an Ant Group LLM for AI have been confirmed by the company, however, without any additional details. Alibaba affiliate company Ant Group is working on its own large-language model (LLM) to join the AI race. Ant Group confirmed stories reported by Chinese publications about an in-house LLM named Zhenyi. Since artificial intelligence became popular, most tech giants and other industry behemoths have been hustling for a seat at the table. In the last three...

According to Alibaba, Eddie Wu will take over from Daniel Zhang as CEO, to allow Zhang focus on the company’s Cloud intelligence business. Chinese multinational tech company Alibaba Group Holding Limited (HKG: 9988) has announced that co-founder Eddie Wu will take over the CEO position from Daniel Zhang. The company made the surprise announcement, intended to allow Zhang to concentrate on Alibaba Cloud. In an internal memo sent to staff, current CEO Zhang touched on the need to focus...

Public testing of Alibaba’s Tongyi Qianwen is now underway in China as the company hopes to finetune the AI and fully release it later. Alibaba has started rolling out Tongyi Qianwen, an artificial intelligence model application that will rival OpenAI’s ChatGPT. Tongyi Qianwen is a large language model (LLM) Alibaba intends to integrate with a digital assistant named Tongyi Tingwu. According to Alibaba, Tongyi Tingwu is an AI assistant offering users a wide range of services, including...

Chinese multinational tech company Baidu is launching a well-heeled fund to support AI development and growth.  Baidu (NASDAQ: BIDU) appears set to launch a 1-billion yuan ($145 million) venture capital artificial intelligence (AI) fund to support AI startups. Today, the Chinese tech giant announced its AI fund intentions alongside other related initiatives. In addition to supporting platforms focused on artificial intelligence-generated content, Baidu also plans to launch a contest...

Alibaba Cloud has emerged as an early IPO candidate and will reportedly pursue a 7% staff layoff amid its ‘streamlined’ restructuring.  The cloud arm of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group (NASDAQ: BABA) has begun a layoff set to affect 7% of its total workforce. Sources describe the downsizing as part of broader measures to prepare Alibaba’s cloud division for a spinoff. Furthermore, sources add that the new standalone company would ultimately pursue an initial public offering (IPO)....

Chinese tech giant Tencent saw its Q1 2023 revenue jump 11% YoY to $21.4 billion amid relaxed industrial regulations.  Tencent Holdings posted its Q1 2023 results, reflecting the company’s fastest jump in quarterly revenue in over a year. The latest quarterly figures also mark a resounding rebound for the Chinese tech giant following a series of underwhelmingly flat quarters. For Q1 2023, Tencent posted an 11% year-over-year revenue jump to 150 billion Chinese yuan ($21.4 billion) compared...

Chinese tech giant Alibaba will cut the prices of its cloud services by up to 50% starting today as it hopes to grow the sector. Alibaba Group (NYSE: BABA) recently announced cutting its cloud prices by 50% to spur business growth. The Chinese tech giant seeks to carve out a bigger share of its local cloud market amid increasing competition. By drastically reducing the prices of cloud-based products and services, Alibaba hopes to better compete with the likes of Tencent. Reports state the...

Just like blockchain technology, the emergence of AI is relatively new and the laws governing such innovations are notably limited. Chinese regulators, particularly the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) have floated a new set of guidelines that will oversee the development of ChatGPT-like Artificial Intelligence (AI) products from its homegrown companies. As reported by CNBC, the new guidelines will seek to promote the tenets of socialism across the board. The growth of Large...