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Alibaba to ban Claude Code over alleged backdoor risk, source says
The workplace ban, starting July 10, lands weeks after Anthropic accused operators linked to Alibaba’s Qwen lab of running the largest…
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Alibaba and its US payment processor will pay 600 million dollars to settle a DOJ probe into illegal drug sales
TL;DR Alibaba and its US payment arm will pay 600 million dollars to resolve a DOJ probe into illegal pharmaceutical sales on its…
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Anthropic accuses Alibaba of running largest distillation campaign against Claude
TL;DR Anthropic accused Alibaba’s Qwen lab of using 25,000 fake accounts for nearly 29 million Claude exchanges, the biggest such campaign…
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Alibaba integrates Qwen AI with Taobao for end-to-end agentic shopping
The Qwen app gets access to Taobao and Tmall’s catalogue of more than 4 billion items, plus Alipay-native checkout, in what is the largest…
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Alibaba leads tech slide after Pentagon briefly shows blacklist
The 1260H list now includes more than 130 entities accused of working with the Chinese military. Alibaba Group Holding led a Chinese…
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Alibaba to spend three billion yuan for Chinese New Year AI push as chatbot war heats up
The public holiday period this year begins on Feb 15 and is nine days long, longer than in most previous years Alibaba said on Monday (Feb…
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Alibaba plans IPO for AI chipmaking unit T-Head: sources
As a first step, Alibaba plans to restructure the unit as a business partly owned by employees Alibaba Group Holding is preparing to list…
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Alibaba takes major step to link Taobao shopping to main AI app
Alibaba Group Holding plans to link its flagship online shopping and travel services to its artificial intelligence (AI) app, taking its…
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Alibaba and JPMorgan are said to invest in chip designer Montage’s HK listing
Chinese chip designer Montage Technology is set to enlist Alibaba Group Holding and JPMorgan Asset Management among the key investors in…
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Alibaba, Abu Dhabi set to invest in AI startup MiniMax’s US$600 million IPO
CHINESE artificial intelligence (AI) startup MiniMax has secured Alibaba and the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority as key backers in its…
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ByteDance, Alibaba keen to order Nvidia H200 chips after Trump green light: sources
The chip’s ability to train AI models is currently unmatched by domestic equivalents [BEIJING/SINGAPORE] ByteDance and Alibaba have asked…
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China Loses Young Moviegoers as Vietnam Market Grows, JAFF Market Panel Hears
China’s theatrical market is losing younger audiences while Vietnam emerges as a breakout territory for pan-Asian content, according to…
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Anta Sports, Chow Tai Fook, Alibaba Donate for Hong Kong Fire Relief
HONG KONG – Companies are pleding funds and material support in the aftermath of a devasting fire in Hong Kong, which has left at least 80…
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Alibaba starts selling Quark AI glasses in China, enters global wearables race
Alibaba released on Thursday (Nov 27) its new Quark artificial intelligence (AI) glasses in China, heralding the Chinese tech company’s…
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Alibaba, BYD, Popmart: The best and worst performing SDRs on the SGX
Singapore Depository Receipts (SDRs) have recorded varying levels of trading activity since they first appeared on the local bourse two…
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Pentagon cited Alibaba on China military aid in Oct 7 letter
The Pentagon concluded that Alibaba Group Holding, Baidu and BYD should be added to a list of companies that aid the Chinese military,…
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Alibaba revenue tops estimates with strong instant retail, AI push
The company’s results come against the backdrop of a costly battle in China’s ‘instant retail’ sector Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba…
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Alibaba prepares major revamp of flagship AI app to rival ChatGPT
Alibaba Group Holding is preparing an overhaul of its main mobile AI app in coming months to help it more closely resemble OpenAI’s…
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Alibaba expands cloud business with a second data center in Dubai
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba‘s cloud business unit has launched its second data center in Dubai, it said on Tuesday, nine years after…
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Alibaba launches Qwen3-Max AI model with more than one trillion parameters
The company has announced plans to invest 380 billion yuan in artificial intelligence-related infrastructure over the next three years…
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Alibaba to open new data centres; unveils most powerful AI model
The expansion comes as the company positions AI, which includes cloud, as a core business priority alongside its traditional e-commerce…
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Cathie Wood buys Alibaba after four years in China comeback
Cathie Wood’s funds reopened positions in Alibaba Group Holding for the first time in four years, just as the stock rallied to a multiyear…
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Jack Ma returns with a vengeance to ‘Make Alibaba Great Again’
During China’s years-long crackdown on the tech sector, Alibaba Group Holding’s internal messaging boards lit up with dreams to “Maga” –…
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Alibaba leads Chinese tech funding spree with US$3.2 billion deal
The proceeds will be spent on various purposes, including scaling up its data centres, upgrading technology and expanding international…