Alibaba, the Chinese tech giant, released a new version of its AI model and made big claims — notably that it outperforms OpenAI's ChatGPT and the newly ascending DeepSeek.

There’s been an escalation in the generative AI large language model “wars” as Alibaba Qwen 2.5 launched Wednesday. This latest AI salvo from China-based Alibaba is directly aimed at its in-country rival DeepSeek, which launched its own AI — DeepSeek-V3 — in December and its R1 version earlier this month.

Analysts say China’s AI investment is just beginning to pay off, with more firms expected to launch their own models soon.

Financial writer sees positive prospects for Alibaba's cloud computing business but warns of competition from other AI players, rating it a cautious buy.

China's frugal AI innovation is yielding cost-effective models like Alibaba's Qwen 2.5, rivaling top-tier models with less compute. Using Mixture of Experts (MoE) and techniques like Multi-head Latent Attention (MLA),

Alibaba Group (NYSE: BABA) shares are trading higher Thursday as the company's latest artificial intelligence model, Qwen 2.5, gained traction.

By Eduardo Baptista BEIJING (Reuters) -Chinese tech company Alibaba on Wednesday released a new version of its Qwen 2.5 artificial intelligence model that it claimed surpassed the highly-acclaimed DeepSeek-V3.

Alibaba (9988.HK) has unveiled its latest artificial intelligence model, Qwen 2.5, in a strategic move to reinforce its standing in China’s AI race. Released on the first day of the Lunar New Year, a time when most of China is on holiday,