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Alibaba Cloud Officially Announces Two New ‘Spokespersons’

On July 8th, Alibaba Cloud officially announced two new "spokespersons" - Yang Zhilin, founder of Moonshot AI and Zhang Yuejia, President of Zhaopin Group.

Baidu Announces Two Main Large Models Will Be Available for Free

After the significant price reduction of ByteDance and Alibaba Cloud's large models, Baidu's two main large models are announced to be free.

Tongyi Qianwen’s Flagship Model Qwen-Long Announces A 97% Price Reduction

After ByteDance released the DouBao large model, Alibaba Cloud quickly followed suit: the main model Qwen-Long, announced a price reduction.

Alibaba Cloud Lowers Prices for Overseas Markets by Up to 65%

On April 8th, Alibaba Cloud announced price reductions in overseas markets, covering core products deployed in 13 global regions and over 500 product specifications. The average price reduction is 23%, with the highest reaching up to 65%.

Technology Giants Promote AI Programming Internally

Alibaba Cloud announced that it is comprehensively implementing AI programming internally, using the TONGYI Lingma coding assistant to help programmers write code, read code, debug, and optimize code.

Alibaba Cloud Announces the Largest Price Reduction in History

On February 29th, Alibaba Cloud announced that the prices of its core products have been comprehensively reduced, covering over 100 products and more than 500 product specifications.

Alibaba Cloud Launches New AI and Big Data Products, Establishes Damo Academy in Shanghai

Alibaba Cloud unveiled a suite of AI and big data products for international markets at a recent summit in Singapore, aiming to accelerate global AI-driven digital transformation.

Tencent and Alibaba Engage in Price War for Palworld

In 2024, Palworld made its debut, not only sparking extensive discussions among players but also directly triggering a new round of price competition between Tencent Cloud and Alibaba Cloud.

Alibaba’s Quantum Lab to Donate Equipment to Zhejiang University Amid Closure Rumors

On November 26th, Alibaba Group's DAMO Academy responded to recent rumors about the closure of its Quantum Laboratory, stating that the DAMO Academy will donate the quantum laboratory and transferable quantum experimental equipment to Zhejiang University.

Alibaba’s First Batch of Strategic Innovative Businesses: 1688, Xianyu, DingTalk, Quark

During the quarterly analyst conference call, Eddie Wu clarified Alibaba Group's reform measures and provided a comprehensive introduction to the development strategies and priorities of each business group.

Another System Breakdown of Alibaba Cloud

On Sunday evening, Alibaba Cloud experienced a system breakdown, the second time since December, 2022, affecting many products.

Alibaba Cloud CTO Announces Creation of Comprehensive Large-Scale AI Model Training Platform

Alibaba Cloud's Chief Technology Officer, Zhou Jingren, recently said that in addition to traditional infrastructure services, Alibaba Cloud is now leading the development of cloud computing in the upcoming era of intelligence.

Alibaba Cloud Unveils New Services to Solve Generative AI Development Issues

On September 26, Alibaba Cloud, the digital technology and intelligence backbone of Alibaba Group, announced a range of innovative AI products and services at the 2023 Alibaba Cloud Global Summit.

Alibaba Cloud’s Qwen-VL Officially Opens to the Whole Society Today

On September 13th, Alibaba Cloud announced that the large vision language model Qwen-VL has been approved and is now open to the public.

Joseph Tsai Officially Becomes the Chairman of Alibaba

On September 10th, Joseph Tsai has taken over as Chairman of Alibaba, while Eddie Wu assumes the role of CEO.

Alibaba Cloud Releases Open-source Qwen-VL, A Large Vision Language Model

On August 25th, Alibaba Cloud launched two open-source large vision language models (LVLM), Qwen-VL and its conversationally fine-tuned Qwen-VL-Chat.

Alibaba Cloud Open Sources Tongyi Qianwen with 7 Billion Parameter Model

August 3rd news, today Alibaba Cloud open-sourced the Qwen-7B and Qwen-7B-Chat models with a total of 7 billion parameters. Both models are general-purpose and conversational models, and they are open-source, free, and available for commercial use.

Alibaba Cloud’s Energy Expert Helps Analyze Carbon Footprint for The First Olympic Esports Week

Energy Expert, the AI-powered sustainability solution developed by Alibaba Cloud, the digital technology and intelligence backbone of Alibaba Group, has been trialed to measure and analyze carbon emissions from temporary constructions built for the first Olympic Esports Week.

Daniel Zhang May Focus on Cloud and Step Down as CEO of Alibaba

It is speculated that Daniel Zhang, the highest-ranking executive, may shift his focus to the development of Alibaba Cloud and step down as Chairman and CEO of the group.

Alibaba Denies Recent Layoff Rumors

On May 25th, Alibaba Group refuted recent rumors of large-scale layoffs. In an official announcement on social media, the company stated that it plans to hire 15,000 new employees in 2023 across its six business units, with over 3,000 of these positions designated for new graduates.

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