Alibaba Group stories

Jul 19, 2026

Alibaba previews Qwen3.8 AI model, claims second only to Claude Fable 5

Alibaba Group previewed its new Qwen3.8 artificial intelligence model, claiming it ranks second only to Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 in performance. The company plans to make the model open-weight soon, allowing developers to download and modify it.

Jul 19, 2026·2 sources

Jul 10, 2026

OpenAI and Google Confirmed Selling AI Models to Singapore Subsidiaries of Pentagon-Blacklisted Chinese Tech Giants

Confirmed sales of advanced AI services by OpenAI and Google to Singapore-based subsidiaries of Pentagon-blacklisted Alibaba, Baidu, and Tencent have exposed a loophole in U.S. export controls, reigniting debate over whether software access to Chinese firms should face stricter regulation.

Jul 10, 2026·5 sources

Top claims

▪Alibaba's strategy is to become China's default AI supplier by releasing open-weight models to build a large developer community.
▪No independent evaluation has verified Qwen3.8's claimed ranking.
▪Three days before the Qwen3.8 preview, Chinese startup Beijing Moonshot AI Technology Co. Ltd. released Kimi K3, a 2.8 trillion-parameter model.

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