Alibaba Group Holding is opening its Qwen AI assistant to major brands, aiming to become China’s next-generation digital gateway for various services from ordering food to flight plans.

Alibaba has reportedly poached a research scientist from Google DeepMind to bolster its Qwen AI initiative, signaling a push in its artificial intelligence development.

The head of Alibaba's Qwen AI unit has stepped down, part of a series of exits from the company's artificial intelligence division.

Alibaba Group Holding plans to launch new smart glasses powered by its artificial intelligence assistant Qwen at the coming MWC Barcelona trade show. On Saturday, a company representative confirmed the launch, adding that both online and offline presales would start on Monday, the first day of the annual trade show, formerly known as Mobile World Congress. Meanwhile, the company, which owns the South China Morning Post, is preparing a diverse product line-up this year for the global market,...

Alibaba reportedly plans to add its Qwen AI model to its Taobao e-commerce platform to offer agentic shopping experiences to users.

Alibaba is rolling out its Qwen AI across multiple car brands, enabling drivers to use voice commands for features like ordering meals and managing deliveries directly from their vehicles.

Alibaba's CEO has confirmed the departure of the company's Qwen AI division head.

Alibaba is set to integrate its Qwen AI model into its Taobao e-commerce platform, enabling new chat-style and agentic shopping experiences for users. This move aims to enhance the shopping process through advanced artificial intelligence.

Alibaba has established an AI task force following the resignation of the lead architect for its Qwen AI model, indicating a strategic reorganization in its AI development efforts.

Alibaba Group Holding has recruited a research scientist from Google DeepMind to bolster development efforts for its Qwen artificial intelligence models, in an internal restructuring that has seen the departure of previous technical lead Lin Junyang. While no successor to Lin was announced, former Google senior staff research scientist Zhou Hao was joining Alibaba as head of post-training research, replacing Yu Bowen, who also departed this week, two sources said. Zhou, who holds a PhD from t...