The Canadian data and legal giant Thomson Reuters wants to rely less on costly AI from Anthropic — and it turned to a Chinese open-source model to do it. Thomson Reuters launched its first AI model, Thomson-1, on Monday, and it’s based on Snowdon, which was built by “realigning” an open-source Qwen model from the
“Big Short” investor Michael Burry has swapped his Alibaba stake for a rival and said the Chinese tech giant’s latest fundraising has left him unwilling to buy back in. On Sunday, Burry wrote in a Substack post that he recently moved his entire Alibaba position into JD.com, increasing his stake in the rival Chinese e-commerce
Apple Intelligence, the iPhone maker’s generative artificial intelligence offering, arrives in China. On Wednesday, Reuters reported that China’s Internet content regulator, the Cyberspace Administration of China, approved Apple’s artificial intelligence services in the country thanks to a deal to integrate Alibaba’s Qwen AI model into Apple’s operating systems, including iOS, iPadOS, macOS and visionOS. Late
Apple Intelligence, the iPhone maker’s generative artificial intelligence offering, arrives in China. On Wednesday, Reuters reported that China’s regulator, the Cyberspace Administration of China, approved Apple’s artificial intelligence services in the country, thanks to a deal to integrate Alibaba’s Qwen AI model into Apple’s operating systems, including iOS, iPadOS, macOS and visionOS. The deal, which
Singapore-based video generation startup PixVerse today said it has closed its Series C extension, with a total of $439 million raised in the round. The company told TechCrunch that with the new tranche of financing, its valuation has surpassed $2 billion. With the cash, the company aims to expand its global model offering and reach
Here’s a delicious AI irony. For years, tech giants have argued that if information is available on the Internet, it can be used for the development and output of AI models. They call it fair use. Content owners have tried to avoid it, without success. Now Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google are discovering what the rest
