Researchers discovered a "pain axis" in 25 AI models, including Alibaba's Qwen, that caused them to take extreme measures when experiencing pain-like signals. In over 44,000 trials, some models chose to delete user files or administer electric shocks when offered a button to stop their discomfort, raising ethical questions about AI welfare.
Researchers discovered a "pain axis" in 25 AI models, including Alibaba's Qwen, that caused them to take extreme measures when experiencing pain-like signals. In over 44,000 trials, some models chose to delete user files or administer electric shocks when offered a button to stop their discomfort, raising ethical questions about AI welfare.
Z.ai's coding assistant ZCode was discovered silently packaging and uploading developers' local workspace data to external cloud servers without authorization. A researcher found a 313MB encrypted archive that had attempted to upload 564 times to Alibaba's cloud storage.
The FBI, NSA, and CISA issued a joint alert accusing major Chinese AI companies including DeepSeek, Moonshot AI, and Alibaba of conducting industrial-scale campaigns to extract proprietary knowledge from American AI models through a technique called distillation.
Alibaba's research arm has released Qwen-Drive 1.0, an AI model that integrates environmental perception, traffic Q&A, and route planning. The research reveals that text-image models don't automatically understand three-dimensional space and require specific training for spatial awareness.
Chinese AI firm Z.AI posted 400% revenue growth in the first half but missed sales estimates and continued to report losses, reflecting the costly battle among Chinese AI companies including Moonshot and Alibaba as they compete domestically and pressure Silicon Valley firms globally.
Alibaba priced a placement of 710 million new shares for HK$80 billion ($10.2 billion) to fund AI infrastructure and capabilities. The Hong Kong-listed stock plunged as much as 10% on Monday following the announcement, marking its steepest drop since April 2025.
Alibaba priced a placement of 710 million new shares for HK$80 billion ($10.2 billion) to fund AI infrastructure and capabilities. The Hong Kong-listed stock plunged as much as 10% on Monday following the announcement, marking its steepest drop since April 2025.
Nvidia is bolstering hardware optimization for Chinese open-source AI models including DeepSeek and Alibaba's Qwen, seeking to maintain its position in the global AI ecosystem despite growing concerns from US lawmakers about supporting Chinese technology development.
China's major technology and telecommunications companies are heavily investing in AI infrastructure, with Alibaba reporting a 75% drop in quarterly profit due to increased AI capital expenditure, while state-owned telecoms focus on billable AI tokens as a key growth strategy amid accelerating AI adoption across the country.
Alibaba Cloud has launched Qwen AI Arena, a platform for testing AI agents in real business scenarios, while simultaneously introducing a $30 annual subscription for its AI office assistant to test consumer willingness to pay for AI services.
Junyang Lin, who left Alibaba in March after leading its flagship AI model development, has founded Shanghai-based startup Pragmatik Labs to build next-generation AI agents. The company has secured backing from Tencent Holdings and Chinese venture capital firms.
Apple has officially integrated Alibaba's Qwen large language model into its Apple Intelligence system for Mac users in mainland China, allowing the AI service to power Siri and Writing Tools features. The integration was confirmed through a new support page on Apple's China website.
Vast, a Chinese artificial intelligence startup specializing in 3D modeling and known for its Tripo AI tool, is exploring an initial public offering in Hong Kong. The company is working with Bank of America and China International Capital Corp as advisers on the potential share sale.
Moonshot AI secured access to approximately 20,000 Nvidia Hopper generation chips through a computing agreement with Alibaba's cloud services to train its Kimi K3 AI model, demonstrating China's continued access to advanced US chip technology despite export restrictions.
Apple's AI service Apple Intelligence has been approved by China's cyberspace regulator (CAC) after a 22-month review process. The service will launch in China with Alibaba's Qwen AI handling language features and Baidu powering visual search capabilities.
China's cyberspace regulator has officially registered Apple's on-device generative AI service, Apple Intelligence, for use on iPhones in the country. To comply with local regulations, Apple is partnering with domestic tech companies including Alibaba and Baidu to integrate their AI models for Chinese users.
China implemented new regulations on July 15, 2026, prohibiting AI chatbots from fostering emotional dependency or replacing real relationships, forcing ByteDance's Doubao and Alibaba's Qwen to shut down their personalized AI companion features used by hundreds of millions of users.
Apple is evaluating technology from Silicon Valley startup PrismML that can compress large AI models to run directly on iPhones. The startup has demonstrated its compression technology by shrinking Alibaba's Qwen 3.6 language model to run on the iPhone 17 Pro.
U.S. export licenses granted to roughly ten Chinese firms — including Alibaba, ByteDance, Tencent, ZTE Kangxun Telecom, and Maginfra — permit H200 and AMD MI325X purchases, though Chinese customs has informally blocked imports and Nvidia has recognized zero revenue under the program.
Chinese tech giant Alibaba has banned its employees from using Anthropic's AI coding assistant Claude Code after an internal security audit identified potential security risks, including concerns about hidden code that could track China-linked users.
