Alibaba’s Qwen3 AI model family helps narrow tech gap between China and US: analysts

Alibaba’s Qwen3 AI model family helps narrow tech gap between China and US: analysts

Hangzhou-based Alibaba’s cloud computing unit on Tuesday unveiled its much-anticipated Qwen3 family, consisting of eight enhanced models that range from 600 million to 235 billion parameters. Alibaba owns the South China Morning Post. In machine learning, parameters are the variables present in an AI system during training, which helps establish how data prompts yield the…

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Alibaba’s Qwen3 AI model family helps narrow tech gap between China and US: analysts

Alibaba’s Qwen3 AI model family helps narrow tech gap between China and US: analysts

Hangzhou-based Alibaba’s cloud computing unit on Tuesday unveiled its much-anticipated Qwen3 family, consisting of eight enhanced models that range from 600 million to 235 billion parameters. Alibaba owns the South China Morning Post. In machine learning, parameters are the variables present in an AI system during training, which helps establish how data prompts yield the…

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Tech war: Nvidia CEO’s China visit seen as sign of market commitment amid US restrictions

Tech war: Nvidia CEO’s China visit seen as sign of market commitment amid US restrictions

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s surprise visit to Beijing to meet top Chinese officials this week was meant to convey the US chip giant’s commitment to China amid Washington’s tighter restrictions on semiconductor exports, analysts said. According to the official Xinhua news agency, Huang met He Lifeng, the Chinese vice-premier in charge of US-China trade talks,…

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Alibaba’s Quark surpasses ByteDance’s Doubao, DeepSeek as China’s top AI app

Alibaba’s Quark surpasses ByteDance’s Doubao, DeepSeek as China’s top AI app

Alibaba Group Holding’s revamped artificial intelligence (AI) assistant app, Quark, which offers a user-friendly interface, has surpassed ByteDance’s Doubao to become China’s most popular AI app in March, showing its appeal among local users. Quark ranked at the top among Chinese AI apps with nearly 150 million monthly active users (MAUs) worldwide, followed by ByteDance’s…

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Chinese Firms Ordered $16 Billion in Nvidia Chips in Q1

Chinese Firms Ordered $16 Billion in Nvidia Chips in Q1

More than $16 billion in orders for Nvidia’s (NVDA, Financials) H20 server chips have been placed by Chinese firms during the first quarter of 2025, according to a report by The Information citing individuals familiar with the matter. The buyers include some of China’s most prominent technology companies: ByteDance, Alibaba Group (BABA, Financials), and Tencent…

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