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Chinese tech giant expanding cloud data centres globally and developing open-source AI models, recently sued by Pentagon over military-linked designation.
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Alibaba launches international data centre push By AFP September 23, 2026 08:03 (EAT) Add as a Preferred Source on Google Follow us Follow on Whatsapp Follow on Google Follow on Twitter The logo of Alibaba Group is seen at the company's headquarters in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province …
Alibaba launches international data centre pushThe Standard
… This has been driven partly by Chinese developers such as DeepSeek and Alibaba releasing highly competitive open systems. …
AI outpaces regulation as risks grow, report warnsCitizen Digital
… The US advisory also detailed how DeepSeek, Moonshot AI, Alibaba, MiniMax, StepFun and Z.AI allegedly used millions of exchanges and requests to steal the capabilities of US models from the likes of OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and xAI. …
China says US accusations of AI theft are 'groundless'The Standard
… "Nvidia must now show that the most expensive investment boom in modern market history can still pay its bills."Chinese tech giant Alibaba is keeping focus on the sector after announcing on Sunday that it plans to issue $10.2 billion in new shares in Hong Kong to fund its global …
Oil falls as Trump pledges economic war on IranCitizen Digital
… Developers in China, including Alibaba, DeepSeek and Moonshot, have created advanced and more affordable open models in recent months, spurring American companies to lower prices and build their own cheaper models. …
Meta pushes global AI vision amid race with OpenAI, Anthropic and ChinaCitizen Digital
… However, days after it was released, tech giants including Alibaba, Tencent and JD.com restricted the built-in assistant's access to their platforms. …
Pocket-size AI: Powerful phones star at China showThe Standard
… Chinese companies, including Alibaba, Baidu and ByteDance, have released or backed open-source large language models that let developers download model weights, deploy systems on local servers and retrain them with their own data, according to China Daily. …
Kenya researchers push African ownership of Chinese AI modelsCitizen Digital
Alibaba sues Pentagon over blacklist designation By AFP June 24, 2026 08:17 (EAT) Add as a Preferred Source on Google Follow us Follow on Whatsapp Follow on Google Follow on Twitter The logo of Alibaba Group is seen at the company's headquarters in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, Ch …
Alibaba sues Pentagon over blacklist designationCitizen Digital
Alibaba sues Pentagon over blacklist designation By AFP June 24, 2026 08:17 (EAT) Add as a Preferred Source on Google Follow us Follow on Whatsapp Follow on Google Follow on Twitter The logo of Alibaba Group is seen at the company's headquarters in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, Ch …
Alibaba sues Pentagon over blacklist designationCitizen Digital
… Fierce competition between top platforms including Meituan and Alibaba's Taobao Shangou -- which employ millions of delivery drivers -- has led to price wars, the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) said Wednesday. …
China seeks to curb 'unfair' competition in food delivery sectorChinese tech giant Alibaba announced plans to establish its first cloud regions in Turkey, Finland, and the Netherlands, while expanding its data centre footprint in Malaysia, Germany, the United Arab Emirates, France, and Hong Kong over the next 12 months.
23 September 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Chinese tech giant Alibaba announced plans to establish its first cloud regions in Turkey, Finland, and the Netherlands, while expanding its data centre footprint in Malaysia, Germany, the United Arab Emirates, France, and Hong Kong over the next 12 months.
23 September 2026 · Citizen Digital →
The 2026 International AI Safety Report warns that artificial intelligence is advancing faster than regulation, with emerging risks in three areas: deliberate misuse, unintentional malfunctions, and systemic risks from widespread deployment. The report notes that at least 700 million people use leading AI systems weekly, though adoption remains below 10 per cent in much of Africa, Asia and Latin America, and highlights increased harmful incidents involving AI-generated content used for criminal purposes.
16 September 2026 · The Standard →
China rejected US accusations that Chinese AI labs including DeepSeek and Moonshot AI systematically stole American model capabilities through knowledge distillation, calling the allegations "groundless" and a pretext for industrial monopoly.
10 September 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Oil prices fell as investors awaited details of a US plan to isolate Iran's economy under President Trump. Asian stocks declined in early trading, with South Korea's Kospi falling 1.4 percent after Samsung Electronics announced an $80 billion share buyback.
24 August 2026 · The Standard →
Mark Zuckerberg published an essay on the future of artificial intelligence calling for the US to compete against China, prevent "government tyranny" over AI, and ensure "superintelligence" technology becomes available to everyone. He argues the solution includes "open" weight models that allow users to download the rules governing how an AI system behaves, contrasting with competitors like OpenAI and Anthropic that focus on closed AI models.
11 August 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Tech firms are rolling out advanced smartphones with AI agents that can execute tasks like ordering food and composing messages via voice command. At least three firms displayed such "agentic phones" at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai, with smartphone maker Nubia unveiling its NaviX Ultra powered by ByteDance's Doubao chatbot.
19 July 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Kenyan researchers are calling on African governments to use Chinese open-source AI models as foundations for locally built systems rather than simply importing foreign technology. Open-source models from companies like Alibaba, Baidu and ByteDance allow developers to retrain systems with local data, reduce costs and barriers to entry, and give African teams control over sensitive data and the ability to build solutions tailored to African priorities.
6 July 2026 · The Standard →
Chinese tech giant Alibaba filed a federal lawsuit against the US Defense Department over its inclusion in a list of companies the Pentagon says have ties to the Chinese military. Alibaba denies it is a military-linked firm and says the designation is "arbitrary and capricious."
24 June 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Chinese tech giant Alibaba filed a federal lawsuit against the US Defense Department for designating it a military-linked firm, contesting the Pentagon's decision to include it in a list of companies with ties to the Chinese military. Alibaba says the determination is "arbitrary and capricious" and has no basis in fact or law.
24 June 2026 · Citizen Digital →
China's State Administration for Market Regulation has introduced draft regulations to curb "unfair" competition among food delivery platforms like Meituan and Taobao Shangou, targeting subsidy campaigns that artificially reduce prices. The proposed rules would prevent platforms from coercing merchants into subsidy schemes or forcing merchants and delivery drivers to bear subsidy costs.
18 June 2026 · Citizen Digital →
The US Defense Department released an updated list of Chinese companies it believes are supporting the country's military, including Alibaba, Baidu, and BYD. Two memory chipmakers, ChangXin Memory Technologies and Yangtze Memory Technologies, were reinstated to the blacklist after being removed from an earlier version released in February.
9 June 2026 · Citizen Digital →
The US Defense Department released an updated list of Chinese companies it believes are supporting China's military, including Alibaba, Baidu, and BYD. The list is largely similar to a version briefly published in February, with two memory chipmakers, ChangXin Memory Technologies and Yangtze Memory Technologies, reinstated to the blacklist.
9 June 2026 · The Standard →
China has unveiled the ZGC (Jingxi) AI Technology Park in Beijing to support AI enterprises and develop a full-chain ecosystem for AI development, as the country targets leadership in the emerging technology. Global venture capital in AI has increased significantly since the 2023 release of Generative AI models, with the UN Trade and Development predicting the market will reach $4.8 trillion by 2033.
23 May 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Anonymised medical data of half a million members of UK health database Biobank was temporarily listed for sale on an Alibaba-owned Chinese website before being removed. Data minister Ian Murray said the breach involved information of all 500,000 Biobank members, and the data had been downloaded legitimately by three research institutions in China, whose access has now been suspended.
24 April 2026 · Citizen Digital →