Alibaba

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  Alibaba To Add Data Centers In Europe, Middle East In AI Push

  The Chinese e-commerce leader will set up its first cloud regions in Turkey, Finland and the Netherlands over the next 12 months, Alibaba executive Li Feifei said.

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  AI Model That Can Detect Cancer And 150 Conditions? Alibaba Open-Sources Its 'Damo Radar'

  Alibaba's DAMO Academy has open-sourced Damo Radar, a medical AI model that detects 146 conditions across 18 abdominal organs via CT scans. Tested on 40,000 scans, it cut missed diagnoses by 10% and diagnostic time by 30%.

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  Profit Crashes 75%, But Alibaba Doubles Down On AI With $10 Billion Raise

  Alibaba plans to raise $10.2 billion through a Hong Kong share placement, with the proceeds set to fund its full-stack AI capabilities and computing infrastructure.

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  Apple Shifts China Strategy, Teams Up With Alibaba To Train Own AI Models: Report

  Apple has reportedly trained a China-specific AI model with Alibaba's support as it prepares to launch Apple Intelligence in the country.

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  Alibaba To Charge Big Users Of Its Next Open-Source AI Model: Report

  To date, Alibaba has charged developers for use of its models when hosted on its own cloud computing platform but allowed most of its open-source offerings to be used in customers' own data centers without payment.

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  Alibaba Unveils Biggest-Ever AI Model Qwen3.8-Max

  Qwen3.8-Max has 2.4 trillion parameters, just behind Moonshot's Kimi K3 at 2.8 trillion, and ranks second globally on visual AI tasks.

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  Apple Intelligence Cleared for Use on iPhone in China, Will Rely on Chinese AI Models: Report

  Apple has secured regulatory approval to launch Apple Intelligence on iPhones in China, marking a major step towards bringing its AI features to one of its largest smartphone markets. The service will integrate AI models from Alibaba and Baidu to comply with local regulations, although Apple has not confirmed a rollout date. The approval comes afte...

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  China Weighs Curbs On Overseas Access To Advanced AI Models: Report

  Beijing's potential restrictions on frontier AI models threaten global tech markets with higher costs while treating advanced software as a critical asset.

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  Alibaba To Ban Claude Code For Employees Amid Security Concerns

  Alibaba will bar staff from using Anthropic's Claude Code starting July 10 over alleged embedded security backdoors, a source told Reuters

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  Alibaba To Pay $600 Million To Settle US Charges It Allowed Illegal Drug

  The US alleges that Alibaba's US-based payment processor, AUS Merchant Services, violated federal law by failing to prevent merchants from selling and importing illegal products into the US through Alibaba.com and AliExpress.com.

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  Anthropic Accuses Alibaba Of "Illicitly" Accessing AI Models

  Anthropic claimed that a campaign by operators linked to Alibaba's Qwen AI lab targeted Claude's most prized capabilities, including software engineering and agentic reasoning.

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  Alibaba Sues The US, Seeking Removal From Pentagon's Blacklist

  The lawsuit, filed in a California federal court, challenges the US Department of Defense's decision to place Alibaba on its "1260H list" — a roster of companies that Washington believes support China's military-industrial complex through the country's military-civil fusion strategy.

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  Alibaba Sues US For Being Linking It To Chinese Military

  Alibaba, the Chinese technology and e-commerce giant, sued the US government on Tuesday over being placed on a list of businesses from China that the Department of Defense linked to that country's military.

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  Pentagon Labels Alibaba, Baidu, BYD As Aiding Chinese Military

  This year's list has grown to 188 Chinese entities, up from last year's roughly 130 named by the Pentagon.

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  Alibaba’s New AI Chip Adds Another Option To China’s Domestic Alternatives To Nvidia

  The Zhenwu M890 has 144 GB GPU memory and is believed to be three times more powerful than the current 810E processor.