Alibaba unveils advanced Qwen 3 AI as Chinese tech rivalry intensifiesAlibaba has launched Qwen 3, an upgraded AI model with hybrid reasoning abilities, amid rising competition in China’s AI sector. The releas...
29 Apr, 2025, 08.49 AM IST
ETtech Explainer: How Meta's Llama 4 stacks up against Chinese AI models Qwen, DeepSeek, and Manus AIMeta has launched Llama 4, its latest open-weight AI models, including Scout, Maverick, and Behemoth, offering advanced multimodal capabili...
07 Apr, 2025, 12.34 PM IST
Alibaba shares surge after it unveils reasoning modelQwen, the ecommerce leader's artificial intelligence unit, said on X that its QwQ-32B, with 32 billion parameters, can achieve performance ...
06 Mar, 2025, 01.17 PM IST
Tencent releases new AI model, says replies faster than DeepSeek-R1Tencent added that when tested on fields like knowledge, math, and reasoning, Turbo S' capabilities matched DeepSeek-V3, which powers DeepS...
28 Feb, 2025, 08.01 AM IST
Hiring sprouts in smaller IT cos; Blackstone and Aakash InstituteEven as sector majors retreated, mid and small-cap IT firms and GCCs have stepped up hiring. This and more in today’s ETtech Top 5.
24 Feb, 2025, 07.52 PM IST
Alibaba becomes China’s new AI darling with $87 billion rallyAlibaba's Hong Kong-listed shares have jumped 46% since reaching a 2025 low on January 13, adding nearly $87 billion to its market value an...
13 Feb, 2025, 08.56 AM IST
How India can leapfrog AI innovation & what DeepSeek’s success can teach usChina's DeepSeek has showcased that AI innovation isn't reliant on massive resources but on smarter engineering. India stands at a pivotal ...
06 Feb, 2025, 11.33 PM IST
Alibaba launches advanced AI model Qwen2.5-Max to rival GPT-4Chinese tech and e-commerce giant Alibaba on Wednesday announced the release of Qwen2.5-Max, an advanced artificial intelligence model that...
30 Jan, 2025, 09.15 AM IST
AI dragons are here; Indian cities & data centre boomHappy Thursday! Days after DeepSeek rattled the world, Alibaba enters the AI race with its new and low-cost Qwen 2.5 model. This and more i...
30 Jan, 2025, 07.36 AM IST
DeepSeek is the primer; here are other Chinese AI chatbots launched recently to take on Silicon Valley titansDeepSeek and other Chinese AI companies like MiniMax, Qwen, and Tencent's Hunyuan3D have showcased China's growing AI power in response to ...
29 Jan, 2025, 06.24 PM IST
Alibaba releases AI model it claims surpasses DeepSeek-V3The unusual timing of the Qwen 2.5-Max's release, on the first day of the Lunar New Year when most Chinese people are off work and with the...
29 Jan, 2025, 10.58 AM IST