Alibaba begins rollout of its ChatGPT-style tech as China A.I. race heats up
Synopsis by Quartz Jun 01 23
The Chinese company unveils its first large language model as the artificial intelligence arms race heats upRead full article 
Quartz: Alibaba announced its answer to ChatGPT as Xi calls for greater state control of AI
Story Details
| Last Updated | Jun 01 23 |
| Total Articles | 3 |
Main Topics
artificial intelligence model capable of generating content in response to a prompt
News on this topic
Alibaba begins rollout of its ChatGPT-style tech as China A.I. race heats up: Alibaba says Tongyi Tingwu, its AI-powered assistant, can analyze multimedia ...
cnbc.com/2023/06/01/alibaba-rolls-out-chatgpt-style-tech-as-china-ai-race-heats-up.html
More news on this subject
Previous
Alibaba begins rollout of its ChatGPT-style tech as China A.I. race heats up: Alibaba says Tongyi Tingwu, its AI-powered assistant, can analyze multimedia ...
cnbc.com/2023/06/01/alibaba-rolls-out-chatgpt-style-tech-as-china-ai-race-heats-up.html
Booming AI demand threatens global electricity supply: Tech chiefs warn that power-hungry data centres are a bottleneck in developing artificial intelligence
ft.com/content/b7570359-f809-49ce-8cd5-9166d36a057b
Quick Glance: Growing Demand for AI Threatens Global Power Supply
- Tech experts concerned about crucial role of energy supply in AI development.
- The increasing need for electricity poses a challenge for advancements in artificial intelligence.
- Global data centers are expected to require more capacity by 2030 than currently available.
- Concerns about environmental impact of technology boom heightened by data centers' energy consumption.
Dataminr debuts ReGenAI pairing predictive with generative AI for real time information
venturebeat.com/ai/dataminr-debuts-regenai-pairing-predictive-with-generative-ai-for-real-time-information/
Quick Glance: Tech Giants Compete in Japan for AI Development
- US tech firm OpenAI establishes first Asia office in Tokyo.
- The company plans to develop a new generative AI model specializing in Japanese language and culture.
- Microsoft invests $2.9 billion in the AI industry in Japan.
- Japanese companies prioritize versatile AI systems and launch AI safety research centers.
OpenAI and Meta ready new AI models capable of ‘reasoning’ : Upgrades are part of a wave of new large language models being released this year
ft.com/content/78834fd4-c4d1-4bab-bc40-a64ad9d65e0d
Quick Glance: OpenAI and Meta Prepare New AI Models Capable of 'Reasoning'
- OpenAI and Meta are on the verge of releasing new artificial intelligence models that are said to be capable of reasoning and planning.
- These upgrades are part of a wave of new large language models being released this year.
- Reasoning and planning are key steps towards achieving 'artificial general intelligence', allowing chatbots and virtual assistants to complete sequences of related tasks.
Poe introduces multi-bot chat and plans enterprise tier to dominate AI chatbot market
venturebeat.com/ai/poe-introduces-multi-bot-chat-and-plans-enterprise-tier-to-dominate-ai-chatbot-market/
ChatGPT essay cheats are a menace to us all : Students who outsource their thinking to AI tools pose a risk to future employers and more
ft.com/content/cde75f58-20b9-460c-89fb-e64fe06e24b9
Salesforce bolsters Slack AI with smart recaps, more languages: Salesforce plans to use more Slack data to power AI-driven features, including the generation of ...
venturebeat.com/ai/salesforce-bolsters-slack-ai-with-smart-recaps-more-languages/
Adobe to add AI video generators Sora, Runway, Pika to Premiere Pro: Today, Adobe announced it aims to update Premiere Pro to add plug-ins to emerging ...
venturebeat.com/ai/adobe-to-add-ai-video-generators-sora-runway-pika-to-premiere-pro/
Zoom offers AI-based updates to its Workplace collaboration space: The company's Workplace collaboration space gets several user interface upgrades over its ...
computerworld.com/article/2093454/zoom-launches-workplace-an-ai-enabled-collaboration-space.html
Meta releases Llama 3, claims it’s among the best open models available: Meta has released the latest entry in its Llama series of open generative AI models: ...
techcrunch.com/2024/04/18/meta-releases-llama-3-claims-its-among-the-best-open-models-available/
Clazar raises $10M Series A to modernize SaaS sales across cloud marketplaces: Clazar raises $10 million Series A to automate SaaS sales on AWS, Azure ...
venturebeat.com/ai/clazar-raises-10m-series-a-to-modernize-saas-sales-across-cloud-marketplaces/
Glaze 2: new version of anti-AI scraping tool for artists launches, video defense planned
venturebeat.com/ai/glaze-2-new-version-of-anti-ai-scraping-tool-for-artists-launches-video-defense-planned/
Cohere’s Rerank 3 transforms enterprise search with 4k context length multilingual support
venturebeat.com/ai/coheres-rerank-3-transforms-enterprise-search-with-4k-context-length-multilingual-support/
Apple’s $25-50 million Shutterstock deal highlights fierce competition for AI training data
venturebeat.com/ai/apples-25-50-million-shutterstock-deal-highlights-fierce-competition-for-ai-training-data/
Quick Glance: Teachers Utilizing AI for Essay Grading: Ethical Concerns
- Teachers are utilizing AI tools to grade essays, with experts raising ethical concerns.
- The integration of AI is reshaping education, offering benefits like automation but also posing risks such as accuracy issues and plagiarism.
- Educators and students are leveraging tools like ChatGPT, Writable, and Grammarly for grading papers and providing feedback.
- Ethical considerations surrounding the use of AI for writing feedback or grading assignments are being addressed as schools establish guidelines.
From boom to burst, the AI bubble is only heading in one direction : No one should be surprised that artificial intelligence is following a well-worn and ...
theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/apr/13/from-boom-to-burst-the-ai-bubble-is-only-heading-in-one-direction
Hazelcast 5.4 real time data processing platform boosts AI and consistency: Real time data processing platform provider Hazelcast is doubling down on data ...
venturebeat.com/data-infrastructure/hazelcast-5-4-real-time-data-processing-platform-boosts-ai-and-consistency/
Google goes all in on generative AI at Google Cloud Next: Not to minimize what Google had on display, but the company failed to give all but a passing nod to its ...
techcrunch.com/2024/04/13/google-goes-all-in-on-generative-ai-at-google-cloud-next/
Alibaba's Jack Ma is back and investors are happy about it: The Chinese internet giant's elusive founder has sent up Alibaba's stock price before with rare ...
qz.com/alibaba-stock-jack-ma-appearance-1851401584
Qdrant launches first vector database as a managed hybrid cloud: Enterprises want to make the most of vector databases without sacrificing control of their data ...
venturebeat.com/ai/qdrant-launches-first-vector-database-as-a-managed-hybrid-cloud/
Sell This Call Spread In Alibaba, Earn $75 Now: Alibaba stock shows a weak Composite Rating from IBD and recently undercut the 50-day line ...
investors.com/research/options/alibaba-stock-today-sell-this-call-spread-earn-75-immediately/
AI2’s open-source OLMo model gets a more diversified dataset, two-stage curriculum
venturebeat.com/ai/ai2s-open-source-olmo-model-gets-a-more-diversified-dataset-two-stage-curriculum/
Nvidia expands Ampere-based GPUs for AI design and productivity apps: Nvidia is taking AI chips into the design and productivity with the launch of a couple of ...
venturebeat.com/ai/nvidia-expands-ampere-based-gpus-for-ai-design-and-productivity-apps/
Google’s new technique gives LLMs infinite context: Experiments reported by the Google research team indicate that models using Infini-attention can maintain ...
venturebeat.com/ai/googles-new-technique-gives-llms-infinite-context/
Cohere’s Command R+ now available on HuggingChat: Cohere's powerful Command R+ LLM can now be used on Hugging Face's AI chatbot HuggingChat.
venturebeat.com/ai/coheres-command-r-now-available-on-huggingchat/
Alibaba Cloud reveals network telemetry tool that helped cut number of engineers needed by 86%
theregister.com/2024/04/16/alibaba_cloud_zoonet_network_telemetry/
AMD’s new mobile and desktop chips push hard into AI: The chipmaker has become the latest to jump into the burgeoning AI PC market.
computerworld.com/article/2091706/amds-new-mobile-and-desktop-chips-push-hard-into-ai.html
Zyphra releases Zamba, an SSM-hybrid foundation model to bring AI to more devices
venturebeat.com/ai/zyphra-releases-zamba-an-ssm-hybrid-foundation-model-to-bring-ai-to-more-devices/
Calling all Generative AI disruptors of the enterprise! Apply now to present at Transform 2024
venturebeat.com/ai/calling-all-generative-ai-disruptors-of-the-enterprise-apply-now-to-present-at-transform-2024/
MongoDB’s partnerships with AI startups and cloud providers like AWS, Google and Microsoft are smoothing the way for developer generative AI innovation
venturebeat.com/programming-development/mongodbs-partnerships-with-ai-startups-and-cloud-providers-like-aws-google-and-microsoft-are-smoothing-the-way-for-developer-generative-ai-innovation/
How Google lost ground in the AI race: The Silicon Valley group has stumbled in the rollout of generative AI. Insiders say cultural and organisational issues are ...
ft.com/content/4dfc113f-ccbe-4d11-82b5-761c77fbda24
Ideogram bolsters AI image generator with description-based referencing: Available on Ideogram web, the features are designed to give users more control over how ...
venturebeat.com/ai/ideogram-bolsters-ai-image-generator-with-description-based-referencing/
Billie Eilish, Nicki Minaj, Stevie Wonder and more musicians demand protection against AI
theguardian.com/technology/2024/apr/02/musicians-demand-protection-against-ai
Quick Glance: Musicians Warn of Existential Threat from AI
- Over 200 musical artists, including Billie Eilish and Pearl Jam, criticize the use of AI as an existential threat to their art in an open letter.
- The artists urge AI developers and technology companies to not violate the rights of human artists and devalue their work.
- Some major companies are utilizing artists' works without permission to train AI models aiming to replace human artists with AI-generated content.
- Emphasizing the importance of protecting human creativity from the threat of AI, the artists call to restrict the development of AI technologies that could replace artists' work.
Exclusive: Writ bags $3.8M seed to make data dashboards collaborative and trackable with AI
venturebeat.com/enterprise-analytics/exclusive-writ-bags-3-8m-seed-to-make-data-dashboards-collaborative-and-trackable-with-ai/
Alibaba Cloud slashes prices outside China: Domestic customers saw their fees cut last January
theregister.com/2024/04/08/alibaba_intl_price_cut/
On 'Today in Tech', I'm joined by guest co-host Brandon Mahne. We discuss OpenAI's voice cloning, Amazon's grocery technology change ... Show more #GenAI #TodayinTech @KeithShawTekGuy
Alibaba will struggle to knock Temu off ecommerce top spot: Low operational costs and lower spending on warehousing and inventory give PDD-owned group an edge
ft.com/content/538aaa05-9bc7-4024-b2c7-a71df618b511
Google, Nvidia team up to accelerate AI development for startups of all sizes: This effort from Google and Nvidia could be a major game-changer for startups that ...
venturebeat.com/ai/google-nvidia-team-up-to-accelerate-ai-development-for-startups-of-all-sizes/
Platform versus Platformization: George Kurtz on why CrowdStrike is winning the platform battle
venturebeat.com/security/platform-versus-platformization-george-kurtz-on-why-crowdstrike-is-winning-the-platform-battle/
Intercom’s new Fin AI Copilot gives customer service agents their personal AI assistant
venturebeat.com/ai/intercoms-new-fin-ai-copilot-gives-customer-service-agents-their-personal-ai-assistant/
Meta confirms that its Llama 3 open source LLM is coming in the next month: Meta's Llama families, built as open-source products, represent a different ...
techcrunch.com/2024/04/09/meta-confirms-that-its-llama-3-open-source-llm-is-coming-in-the-next-month/
Anthropic’s latest version of Claude comes to Amazon Bedrock: Amazon continues to keep the latest Anthropic generative AI models in its cloud.
computerworld.com/article/2092122/anthropics-latest-version-of-claude-comes-to-amazon-bedrock.html
Zendesk unveils AI-powered CX platform with sophisticated agents and intelligent copilots
venturebeat.com/ai/zendesk-unveils-ai-powered-customer-service-platform-proactive-agents-ai-copilot-workforce-management/
VB in Conversation - How AI is advancing geospatial intelligence | VentureBeat: How AI is advancing geospatial intelligence AI is now democratizing access to ...
venturebeat.com/vb-in-conversation-how-ai-is-advancing-geospatial-intelligence/
Australian operation of web host BlueVPS laid low by storage failure: PLUS: AWS expands India payment options; Alibaba co-founders unite in criticism; Korea ...
theregister.com/2024/04/15/asia_tech_news_roundup/
OpenAI makes GPT-4 Turbo with Vision generally available through its API: It should help continue to make OpenAI's models an appealing choice while the world ...
venturebeat.com/ai/openai-makes-gpt-4-turbo-with-vision-generally-available-through-its-api/
AI is about to change video production forever: Adobe has announced new generative AI features for Premiere Pro that look game-changing.
digitaltrends.com/computing/adobe-premiere-pro-video-editing-gets-ai-boost/
AMD launches second-generation Versal chips to make AI faster at the edge: AMD unveiled the Versal AI Edge Series Gen 2 and Versal Prime Series Gen 2 chips for ...
venturebeat.com/ai/amd-launches-second-generation-versal-chips-to-make-ai-faster-at-the-edge/
SAG-AFTRA union secures AI protections for artists in deal with major record labels
reuters.com/world/us/sag-aftra-union-secures-ai-protections-artists-deal-with-major-record-labels-2024-04-12/
OpenAI now lets you edit AI images directly in ChatGPT: Users of ChatGPT now click on images generated within the chatbot and use a paintbrush style tool to ...
venturebeat.com/ai/openai-now-lets-you-edit-ai-images-directly-in-chatgpt/
Intel and Altera unveil AI-optimized edge processors and FPGA chips: Intel and Altera annonced new AI-optimized processors and field programmable gate arrays ...
venturebeat.com/ai/intel-and-altera-unveil-ai-optimized-edge-processors-and-fpga-chips/
Platform versus Platformization: How CrowdStrike is winning the platform battle: In the second part of VentureBeat's interview, George Kurtz ...
venturebeat.com/security/platform-versus-platformization-how-crowdstrike-is-winning-the-platform-battle/
Apple researchers develop AI that can ‘see’ and understand screen context: Apple researchers develop AI system that understands screen references and context ...
venturebeat.com/ai/apple-researchers-develop-ai-that-can-see-and-understand-screen-context/
AI animated Pink Floyd music video stirs debate: The competition invited fans and artists from around the world to submit new animated interpretations of Dark ...
venturebeat.com/ai/ai-animated-pink-floyd-music-video-stirs-debate/
Microsoft’s Copilot AI set to operate locally on future PCs, says Intel: AI-ready PCs will soon be able to handle more genAI tasks directly on the machine ...
computerworld.com/article/2075547/microsofts-copilot-ai-set-to-operate-locally-on-future-pcs-says-intel.html
Stable Diffusion 3 API now available as Stable Assist effort looms: Stability AI is bringing the Stable Diffusion 3 API to its developer platform and providing ...
venturebeat.com/ai/stable-diffusion-3-api-now-available-as-stable-assist-effort-looms/
UserTesting expands AI-powered experience research for deeper trend analysis: UserTesting is going beyond basic generative AI summarization to help user ...
venturebeat.com/ai/usertesting-expands-ai-powered-experience-research-for-deeper-trend-analysis/
Gretel releases world’s largest open source text-to-SQL dataset, empowering businesses to unlock AI’s potential
venturebeat.com/ai/gretel-releases-worlds-largest-open-source-text-to-sql-dataset-empowering-businesses-to-unlock-ais-potential/
Can generative AI help address the cybersecurity resource gap?: Five ways generative AI can help with the cybersecurity skills shortage — from lowering the bar ...
venturebeat.com/security/can-generative-ai-help-address-the-cybersecurity-resource-gap/
Mistral AI drops new ‘mixture of experts’ model with a torrent link: While technical details and capabilities of Mixtral 8x22B remain undisclosed ...
venturebeat.com/ai/mistral-ai-drops-new-mixture-of-experts-model-with-a-torrent-link/
GotIt! makes MathGPT free to all U.S. state and community colleges: Gotit! Education unveils MathGPT Essentials, a new plan offering its AI-powered math tutor to ...
venturebeat.com/virtual/gotit-makes-mathgpt-free-to-all-u-s-state-and-community-colleges/
Malicious PowerShell script pushing malware looks AI-written: A threat actor is using a PowerShell script that was likely created with the help of an artificial ...
bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/malicious-powershell-script-pushing-malware-looks-ai-written/
Alibaba signs to explore one-hour rocket deliveries: Chinese space startup claims it has the tech to make it happen. Yeah, right
theregister.com/2024/04/03/taobao_alibaba_rocket_delivery/
Telesign’s Verify API goes all in with AI and ML to secure omnichannel growth: Taking an AI and ML-based approach to adding contextual intelligence to APIs while ...
venturebeat.com/security/telesigns-verify-api-goes-all-in-with-ai-and-ml-to-secure-omnichannel-growth/
Oracle offers up to 10,000 training slots in S’pore to tap AI boom, to open new data centre in July
straitstimes.com/singapore/oracle-offers-up-to-10000-training-slots-in-s-pore-to-tap-ai-boom-to-open-new-data-centre-in-july
DataStax acquires Langflow to accelerate enterprise generative AI app development
venturebeat.com/ai/datastax-acquires-langflow-to-accelerate-enterprise-generative-ai-app-development/
Intel Gaudi 3 AI Accelerator Official: 5nm, 128 GB HBM2e, Up To 900W, 50% Faster Than NVIDIA H100 &…
wccftech.com/intel-gaudi-3-ai-accelerator-5nm-128-gb-hbm2e-900w-50-percent-faster-nvidia-h100/
Stability AI brings new clarity and power to gen AI audio with Stable Audio 2.0: Stable Audio 2.0 introduces the ability to produce complete musical tracks with ...
venturebeat.com/ai/stability-ai-brings-new-clarity-and-power-to-gen-ai-audio-with-stable-audio-2-0/
Cohere launches Command R+, a powerful enterprise LLM that beats GPT-4 Turbo: Cohere launches Command R+, a powerful, enterprise-ready large language model ...
venturebeat.com/ai/cohere-launches-command-r-a-powerful-llm-optimized-for-enterprise-ai/
AWS adds Mistral Large model to Amazon Bedrock: Amazon Web Services makes the Mistral Large model public on Amazon Bedrock, giving developers an advanced LLM ...
venturebeat.com/ai/aws-adds-mistral-large-model-to-amazon-bedrock/
Alibaba: Lots Of Potential, Hard To Resist: Alibaba's performance is slowly improving, but management's plans to turn around main revenue segment is yet to ...
seekingalpha.com/article/4682358-alibaba-lots-of-potential-hard-to-resist
Paid articlePaid
Microsoft upgrades Copilot for 365 with GPT-4 Turbo, unlimited messaging, 100 image gen boosts, and more
venturebeat.com/ai/microsoft-upgrades-copilot-for-365-with-gpt-4-turbo-unlimited-messaging-100-image-gen-cap-and-more/
Microsoft expands UAE presence, inks $1.5B deal with AI giant G42: Interestingly, many of G42’s apps and services already use generative AI models from ...
venturebeat.com/ai/microsoft-expands-uae-presence-inks-1-5b-deal-with-ai-giant-g42/
Quick Glance: Microsoft to Invest $1.5 Billion in Emirati AI Firm G42 for Minority Stake
- Microsoft is investing $1.5 billion in the United Arab Emirates-based artificial intelligence firm G42 to acquire a minority stake and a board seat.
- The partnership aims to deepen ties between the USA and the UAE amid the global battle for tech dominance.
- The deal includes G42 using Microsoft cloud services to run its AI applications.
- G42 and Microsoft plan to jointly bring advanced AI and digital infrastructure to countries in the Middle East, Central Asia, and Africa.
Aerospike set to grow real time database for AI with $109M raise: Real time database vendor Aerospike is raising new funding as it builds out vector support for ...
venturebeat.com/data-infrastructure/aerospike-set-to-grow-real-time-database-for-ai-with-109m-raise/
Not sure where to start with data analysis? Try Salesforce’s new Einstein Copilot for Tableau
venturebeat.com/ai/not-sure-where-to-start-with-data-analysis-try-salesforces-new-einstein-copilot-for-tableau/
OctoAI launches OctoStack for enterprises to customize, deploy private AI models: OctoAI unveils OctoStack, a SaaS offering for companies to deploy AI models ...
venturebeat.com/ai/octoai-octostack-build-private-ai-models-enterprise/
How to secure AI system development: How can data scientists, AI engineers and cybersecurity professionals ensure their AI system is secure during development ...
venturebeat.com/ai/how-to-secure-ai-system-development/
Three reasons robots are about to become more way useful : We're inching ever-closer to them being able to handle household tasks.
technologyreview.com/2024/04/16/1091314/ai-is-bringing-us-closer-than-ever-to-the-dream-of-useful-home-robots/
Microsoft and Nvidia announce major new integrations, breakthroughs and more at GTC
venturebeat.com/ai/microsoft-and-nvidia-announce-major-new-integrations-breakthroughs-and-more-at-gtc/
Alibaba Stock Woes and Gold’s Record Gains Are Connected. Why That Matters.: Chinese investors have been burned by the property crisis and stock market selloff ...
on.barrons.com/3vDSHqz
With little urging, Grok will detail how to make bombs, concoct drugs (and much, much worse)
venturebeat.com/ai/with-little-urging-grok-will-detail-how-to-make-bombs-concoct-drugs-and-much-much-worse/
Arm infuses AI into internet of things chips for edge applications: Arm, a big semiconductor architecture company, is adding edge AI to the brains of its ...
venturebeat.com/ai/arm-infuses-ai-into-internet-of-things-chips-for-edge-applications/
Next
New to NewsWall?
Sign up now to get your own personalized news!
Trending topics