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In his first public sighting in China in over a year, Alibaba founder Jack Ma visited his hometown of Hangzhou to discuss the future of education at the Alibaba-funded Yungu School on Monday, according to a WeChat post from Yungu Education. Ma claimed that technologies such as ChatGPT have brought…

By ALAN SUDERMAN and SAM METZ March 27, 2023 GMT SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — China’s global campaign to win friends and influence policy has blossomed in a surprising place: Utah, a deeply religious and conservative state with few obvious ties to the world’s most powerful communist country. An investigation…

Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma has appeared in his homeland after over a year away, visiting a school and sharing commentary on the state of AI. Ma's appearance at the Yungu school in Hangzhou was documented on Chinese social media. According to the school's Weixin page, Ma dispensed opinions on ChatGPT…

Alibaba founder Jack Ma has returned to China, ending a stay overseas of more than a year that industry viewed as reflecting the sober mood of its private businesses, and which sources said eventually spurred the new premier to reach out. The return of China's best-known entrepreneur may help to…

L-r… Dr Charles   O’ Tudor; Dr Busola Tejumola; Convener The peak Performer Recognition, Dr Abiola Salami; Dr Obadare Peter  and  Atunyota Akapobome (aka AliBaba)  the Panelist . L-r… Chairman of the occasion, CEO Shoreline Group, Agbaoye kola Karim; presenting the award in Talent Development (West Africa)  to Funke Amobi; Convener The peak…

The Alibaba Cloud x KrASIA Global Startup Accelerator Hangzhou Demo Day took place on March 17 and 21, 2023, in Hangzhou. Pitches made by a total of 18 finalists were evaluated by judges representing Ondine Capital, 5Y Capital, 01VC, IN Capital, and Alibaba Cloud Intelligence. The two Demo Days saw…

ByteDance has tapped Alibaba former AI expert Yang Hongxia to lead its language generation model team. Credit: 123RF ByteDance has hired Yang Hongxia, former head of the team overseeing Alibaba’s large AI multi-model M6, to lead its AI Lab and to build its generative large language model (LLM), local tech…

Chinese digital navigation tool Amap, known in Chinese as Gaode Ditu, is set to merge with Alipay’s local services app Koubei, according to Chinese media outlet LatePost. The merger was reportedly announced at an internal Alibaba meeting on Wednesday with senior figures from Amap present including its president Yu Yongfu.…

DingTalk, a workplace app owned by Alibaba, has purchased online collaboration platform Wolai, local tech media outlet 36Kr reported on Monday, as the internet giant tries to stay competitive in the growing market for productivity tools. Following the acquisition, Wolai’s R&D team will become full-time employees of DingTalk, while its…

On Friday, Chinese tech giant Alibaba dismissed reports that it was moving its headquarters to Singapore and investing RMB 8.4 billion ($1.2 billion) in the country as “incorrect and misinterpreted.” “Alibaba was founded and developed in Hangzhou, and our global headquarters will always be in Hangzhou,” a spokesperson told Chinese…