Alibaba Group Holding’s open-weight models have accumulated more than 3 billion global downloads in the past six months, eclipsing Meta Platforms Inc., Alphabet Inc. and domestic peers to become the world’s No. 1 artificial-intelligence model. Qwen, Alibaba’s family of AI models, has open-sourced more than 460 models and its ecosystem has spawned 300,000-plus derivatives, the
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
China’s Alibaba will ban its employees from using Anthropic’s Claude Code programming tool starting July 10, according to multiple reports. Anthropic already prohibits Chinese companies, as well as foreign entities owned by those companies, from using its models. The company has reportedly been working to close loopholes that allow Chinese users to access Claude. According