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Local Chinese firms rush to fill the AI void after OpenAI abandons China market — Tencent, Baidu, and Alibaba sweeten LLM offers

OpenAI announced that it China, including Hong Kong, will no longer have access to its API by next week. Home-grown LLMs are now taking steps to woo customers their way.

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$This 17 Y.O. Girl From China Stunned The Entire World With Her Achievement In Global Math Contest$

This 17 Y.O. Girl From China Stunned The Entire World With Her Achievement In Global Math Contest

While typically fashion has nothing to do with math, this 17 Y.O. fashion student from China showed quite the opposite by beating over 500 AI teams and her own teacher. The post This 17 Y.O. Girl From China Stunned The Entire World With Her Achievement In Global Math Contest first…

Alibaba Cloud ditches Nvidia's interconnect in favor of Ethernet — tech giant uses own High Performance Network to connect 15,000 GPUs inside data center

Alibaba Cloud ditches Nvidia's interconnect in favor of Ethernet — tech giant uses own High Performance Network to connect 15,000 GPUs inside data center

Alibaba Cloud developed a High Performance Network (HPN) so the 15,000 GPUs inside each data center of the company could communicate using Ethernet.

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China’s AI companies are reportedly rationing the use of their services because they don’t have enough chips

Blame the U.S. and its export controls blocking AI chip sales to China.

SoftBank's billionaire CEO says he was put on Earth to create artificial superintelligence that's 10,000 times smarter than a human—'I am super serious about it'

"For what purpose was Masa Son born? It may sound strange, but I think I was born to realize ASI," SoftBank's CEO said.

Chinese AI models storm Hugging Face's LLM chatbot benchmark leaderboard — Alibaba runs the board as major US competitors have worsened

AI training and optimization leader Hugging Face has released its second LLM leaderboard, with a host of new and edited trials to put LLMs through their paces. Variants of Alibaba's Qwen LLM hold the 1st, 3rd, and 10th spots.

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Alibaba unveils the network and datacenter design it uses for large language model training

This is what Alibaba uses for large language model training.

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Geologists raise concerns over possible censorship and bias in Chinese chatbot

Geologists raise concerns over possible censorship and bias in Chinese chatbot

GeoGPT developed in Chinese-funded earth sciences programme aimed at researchers in global south

The Guardian - UK

A vocational school student stuns China by besting university competitors in a math contest

A vocational school student stuns China by besting university competitors in a math contest

A 17-year-old vocational school student from rural China has become a celebrity on Chinese social media after getting into the final round of a math competition, beating many others from elite universities while raising questions about the education system

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Imagine owning 5% of Nvidia but selling it all 5 years ago—tech investor rues over $150 billion slipping through his fingers as ‘fish that got away’

Imagine owning 5% of Nvidia but selling it all 5 years ago—tech investor rues over $150 billion slipping through his fingers as ‘fish that got away’

Softbank founder Masayoshi Son dumped his entire stake in Nvidia after a crypto downturn hurt sales to miners—now he wants to make good with a huge bet on artificial super intelligence.

Should Nvidia Be Worried as an AI Price War Escalates in China?

Should Nvidia Be Worried as an AI Price War Escalates in China?

Chinese tech companies have lowered prices for their AI services, triggering a price war. Will the AI price war in China land on U.S. shores, too - and what could it mean for companies like Nvidia?

David Beckham becomes ambassador for Chinese tech group sponsoring Euro 2024

David Beckham becomes ambassador for Chinese tech group sponsoring Euro 2024

Ex-England footballer’s deal with Alibaba’s AliExpress follows tie-ups with Hugo Boss and SharkNinja

The Guardian - UK

David Beckham signs deal to be brand ambassador for Chinese giant Alibaba

Alibaba is also a sponsor of the upcoming Euros, despite a European Union probe into AliExpress

The Independent UK

The race to lead China's AI sector heats up as ByteDance, Alibaba and Baidu offer their models at rock-bottom prices

The race to lead China's AI sector heats up as ByteDance, Alibaba and Baidu offer their models at rock-bottom prices

China's AI providers are slashing prices after TikTok-owned ByteDance unveiled new AI models that it claimed cost 99% less than the competition.

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AI price war kicks off in China after Alibaba slashes prices

Chinese tech firms are battling it out to offer cheaper AI services to spark investments and attract customers.

“I Don’t Know What To Do”: Gen Zers Roast “Temu Victim” Moms, Show Their Weird Purchases

"I don't know what to do, but she's addicted." The post “I Don’t Know What To Do”: Gen Zers Roast “Temu Victim” Moms, Show Their Weird Purchases first appeared on Bored Panda.

Hong Kong Stock Market Sees Strong Rally Despite Geopolitical Challenges

Asian markets resilient with strong Q1 earnings from JD.com and Baidu, Hong Kong real estate and healthcare sectors perform well amidst positive conditions.

International Business Times

China's Baidu Posts Weakest Quarterly Revenue Growth In Over A Year

Baidu is a key player in China's tech industry, which once charted years of ballooning growth until Beijing imposed a regulatory crackdown on the sector starting in 2020.

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China Tech Giant Alibaba Posts Modest Yearly Revenue Growth

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba announced Tuesday a modest increase in annual revenue, as the firm pursues a major overhaul and regulatory curbs on the country's tech sector are relaxed.

Alibaba Exceeds Revenue Expectations Despite Profit Decline

Alibaba surpasses revenue estimates but faces profit decline in latest quarterly results, reflecting e-commerce industry challenges and opportunities.

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Asian Traders Bide Their Time Ahead Of Key US Inflation Data

Asian investors shifted cautiously Tuesday ahead of the release of key US inflation data that could have a huge bearing on the fate of Federal Reserve interest rate cuts this year.

Option Volatility And Earnings Report For May 13- 17

Earnings season is slowing down, but we still have a few big names reporting. This week, we have Alibaba, Home Depot, Walmart, Cisco and Deere & Company all reporting.

Chinese server CPU beats Microsoft, Google and AWS rivals to grab performance crown — Alibaba's Yitian 710 is quickest server CPU but it is based on Arm rather than RISC and x86 is likely to be the overall speed champion

Researcher tested five Arm-powered server CPUs and Intel's Xeon Platinum, with Alibaba's Yitian 710 coming out on top.

Hangzhou Lifts Home Purchase Curbs In Alibaba's Megacity

Hangzhou, home to Alibaba, lifts home purchase restrictions to stimulate real estate market and attract investors.

Shanghai Composite Index Rose 1.17% on Friday

Shenzhen Component Index closed up 2.15%

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