Alibaba Releases 72 Billion Parameter Open Source Model, Potentially the Largest Scale Open Source Model in China

At the recent Human [X] conference, Mike Krieger, Chief Product Officer at AI startup Anthropic, revealed the company has no plans to enter the hardware or consumer entertainment market. Instead, Anthropic is concentrating on developing general foundation models for enterprise use. As the developer of Claude AI, Anthropic, backed by Amazon and Google, aims to provide practical AI solutions across various industries. Krieger stated that Anthropic...
According to the South China Morning Post, Alibaba is aggressively pushing the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, aiming for 100% adoption of AI tools by all merchants by the end of 2025, according to Zhang Kuo, president of Alibaba International Wholesale. Currently, over half of the approximately 200,000 merchants are using Alibaba's AI applications weekly. Launched in early 2024, these AI tools are designed to assist merchants with marketing, product management, customer interaction, and risk control. These measures are part of Alibaba's...
CoreWeave, an Nvidia-backed AI startup, has announced a five-year, $11.9 billion contract with OpenAI. This deal comes as CoreWeave prepares for an upcoming IPO and provides a significant boost to the company. Image note: Image generated by AI, image licensing provider Midjourney, based on CoreWeave's announcement. The company will provide AI infrastructure for OpenAI.