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Friday 20 March 2026
Tencent leverages WeChat ecosystem to lead AI agent race in China
Tencent's rapid rollout of agentic AI across WeChat could reshape the competitive dynamics of Chinese AI, with potential implications for global markets given WeChat's 1.4 billion...
Friday 20 March 2026
Analysis: Alibaba and Baidu raise AI pricing as token-based model reshapes cloud economics
Alibaba and Baidu have raised prices for AI computing services, reflecting a broader shift in how cloud providers monetize AI as demand for tokenized workloads accelerates.
Friday 20 March 2026
Alibaba outlines US$100 billion AI roadmap as cloud growth accelerates
Alibaba Group Holding set out an expansive artificial intelligence strategy targeting more than US$100 billion in combined cloud and AI revenue within five years, as strong demand...
Friday 20 March 2026
Alibaba's AI and cloud growth cushions slowing earnings but raises profit questions
Alibaba Group reported modest overall revenue growth while disclosing a sharp fall in operating income, underlining a tension between investment-led expansion in AI and near-term p...
Thursday 19 March 2026
Column: OpenClaw ignites China's AI agent land grab
OpenClaw's "lobster-raising" wave is moving from developers into China's internet and software sectors at speed in early 2026. Unlike earlier large-model races centred on parameters...
Tuesday 17 March 2026
Alibaba forms 'Token Hub' unit to consolidate AI teams
Alibaba Group Holding is reorganizing its artificial intelligence operations, creating a new business unit to integrate its AI services and development efforts as the Chinese technology...
Monday 16 March 2026
Analysis: Alibaba Qwen talent exit highlights ByteDance's push in multimodal AI
A core researcher behind Alibaba's Qwen large language model has left the company and is reportedly joining ByteDance's AI research unit Seed, Chinese media reported. The move underscores...
Saturday 7 March 2026
Qwen shake-up sparks AI talent war with Z.ai and DeepMind
According to TechWeb, on March 5, 2026, Alibaba CEO Eddie Wu formally approved Alibaba's core Qwen team member Jun-Yang Lin's resignation in an internal letter to Tongyi Lab,...
Friday 6 March 2026
Alibaba faces questions over Qwen continuity after sudden departures and structural shift
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.'s core team behind its Qwen large language model faced renewed turbulence after the abrupt resignation of its original technical lead prompted an emergency...
Friday 6 March 2026
Alibaba’s Qwen loses its architect, stirring questions about China’s AI drive
Alibaba's large language model ambitions have been jolted by an unexpected leadership departure. In the early hours of March 4, the head of Alibaba Group's Qwen artificial intelligence...
Thursday 5 March 2026
Jack Ma: AI tech evolves weekly, outpacing society's readiness
Amid the intensifying global race in generative AI, Alibaba founder Jack Ma recently appeared alongside senior executives at Hangzhou Yungu School to address the technology's rapid...
Tuesday 24 February 2026
Billions in cash, trillions in tokens: China's AI model showdown
Around the 2026 Lunar New Year, China's large model market entered its most concentrated launch cycle to date. Z.ai, MiniMax, Alibaba, and ByteDance released or upgraded models across...
Tuesday 17 February 2026
Alibaba unveils Qwen 3.5: a new frontier in multimodal AI agents
Alibaba Group on February 16 launched Qwen 3.5, positioning the new model as a flagship upgrade designed for the "agentic AI era," as competition in advanced artificial intelligence...
Monday 16 February 2026
Pentagon withdraws 1260H list adding Alibaba, BYD and Baidu, removing YMTC and CXMT

The Pentagon briefly published an updated list of Chinese companies alleged to have ties to the People’s Liberation Army, then withdrew...

Wednesday 11 February 2026
Alibaba builds Google-class AI stack with 'golden triangle' chip, cloud and model integration
Alibaba has completed the final piece of its AI strategy. T-Head Semiconductor has launched the Zhenwu 810E AI chip, developed in-house by Alibaba across hardware and software. The...