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Alibaba Cloud has launched its latest AI model in its "Qwen series," as large language model competition in China continues to heat up.

"I start to get worried when people are building data centers on spec," said Alibaba Chairman Joe Tsai.

In the global race for artificial intelligence supremacy, Alibaba, a name once synonymous only with e-commerce, is aggressively expanding its

Oracle said on Wednesday it would provide Singapore's defense technology arm with "isolated" cloud computing and AI services, in the company's first such deal in Southeast Asia.

In today's AI infrastructure news, OpenAI and SoftBank plan to convert a former Sharp LCD plant in Osaka into a large-scale AI data center.

Chinese cloud computing companies have ramped up efforts to expand their footprint in overseas cloud service markets, as an increasing number of businesses are leveraging the cutting-edge artificial intelligence technologies to bolster digital transformation and upgrades.

The surprise retreat highlights NetEase's lack of a competitive edge against rivals like Alibaba and ByteDance, analysts say.

Chinese tech giant Alibaba said its latest AI reasoning model, QwQ-32B, "rivals cutting-edge reasoning model, e.g., DeepSeek-R1."