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When most people think of generative artificial intelligence, they picture something powerful but distant—servers humming in faraway data centers, parsing questions and firing back answers through the cloud. Alibaba Cloud’s latest release takes a different route. The Chinese tech giant has released a new AI model, Qwen 2.5-Omni-7B, that combines…

CIW / Tourism / China online travel market insights Q1 2018, led by Ctrip, Qunar, and Fliggy The transactions of China's online travel market reached US$32.94 billion in the first quarter of 2018. Ctrip and Qunar combined accounted over half of the whole market, followed by Alibaba affiliated Fliggy. Online transportation…

Venture capitalist and 01.AI founder Kai-Fu Lee predicts China’s AI sector will consolidate around three major AI model developers: DeepSeek, Alibaba and ByteDance, with DeepSeek currently leading in momentum. In the US, he expects Elon Musk’s xAI, OpenAI, Google and Anthropic to dominate the market. Lee noted investors in both countries are…

wanAI is an advanced video generation tool developed by Alibaba Cloud, called wan2.1. This tool allows users to transform text inputs into high-quality videos with superior movement accuracy. With cutting-edge technology and a user-friendly interface, wanAI provides a seamless video generation experience for professionals looking to enhance their video content.…

CIW / Tourism / China online travel market insights Q1 2018, led by Ctrip, Qunar, and Fliggy The transactions of China's online travel market reached US$32.94 billion in the first quarter of 2018. Ctrip and Qunar combined accounted over half of the whole market, followed by Alibaba affiliated Fliggy. Online transportation…

This year’s Double 11 shopping festival concluded on Nov. 11. Credit: Alibaba Alibaba’s wholesale platform 1688 announced on March 17 that it will fully remove the “refund only” option starting in late March. Disputes over product quality will now be assessed based on buyer credibility, with eligible cases receiving compensation…

CIW / Tourism / China online travel market insights Q1 2018, led by Ctrip, Qunar, and Fliggy The transactions of China's online travel market reached US$32.94 billion in the first quarter of 2018. Ctrip and Qunar combined accounted over half of the whole market, followed by Alibaba affiliated Fliggy. Online transportation…

Artificial intelligence is evolving into a driving force behind global innovation, transforming industries like healthcare, finance, and logistics while powering everyday digital interactions. With rapid advancements in large language models, generative AI, and cloud computing, companies are increasingly adopting AI-driven solutions to enhance efficiency and unlock new possibilities. With Southeast…

Hands on How much can reinforcement learning - and a bit of extra verification - improve large language models, aka LLMs? Alibaba's Qwen team aims to find out with its latest release, QwQ. Despite having a fraction of DeepSeek R1's claimed 671 billion parameters, Alibaba touts its comparatively compact 32-billion…

CIW / Tourism / China online travel market insights Q1 2018, led by Ctrip, Qunar, and Fliggy The transactions of China's online travel market reached US$32.94 billion in the first quarter of 2018. Ctrip and Qunar combined accounted over half of the whole market, followed by Alibaba affiliated Fliggy. Online transportation…