Ovis2 is the latest version of the Ovis series models proposed by Alibaba's international team. Compared to the previous version 1.6, Ovis2 has significant improvements in data construction and training methods. It not only enhances the capacity density of small models but also greatly improves chain of thought (CoT) reasoning capabilities through instruction fine-tuning and preference learning. Additionally, Ovis2 introduces video and multi-image processing capabilities, and enhances multilingual abilities and OCR capabilities in complex scenarios, significantly increasing the model's practicality.

Alibaba's stock has shown remarkable performance recently, continuously climbing and attracting widespread attention from investors. The well-known e-commerce giant released an unexpectedly positive financial report last week, exceeding market expectations and further solidifying its position in the industry. The company not only achieved revenue growth but also demonstrated strong profitability, showcasing its robust market competitiveness. Notably, Alibaba announced a partnership with Apple in the Chinese market to support AI services for the iPhone. This news undoubtedly boosted its stock price.

According to reports, Alibaba recently announced a large-scale recruitment drive, aiming to open hundreds of job positions, with 90% of the roles related to artificial intelligence (AI). This initiative primarily focuses on Alibaba's AI To C business, which is the consumer-facing artificial intelligence business system, covering multiple products and teams, including Quark, Tongyi, a spin-off from Alibaba Cloud, and the Tmall Genie team. The recruitment will specifically target talents in cutting-edge technologies and applications such as text processing, multimodal large models, and AI agents.

Recently, domestic media learned from Luo Fuli's relatives that this post-95 AI genius girl has officially embarked on a new professional journey and started working in her new position. However, there is currently no specific information disclosed about the name of the company she is joining. Looking back at the end of 2024, the tech community was stirred when Xiaomi Group founder Lei Jun invited Luo Fuli to join his team with a generous multi-million salary, aimed at advancing breakthroughs in the field of AI large model research. This move quickly sparked heated discussions online.

On February 12, Alibaba Cloud's Bailian platform launched several heavyweight AI models, including DeepSeek-V3, DeepSeek-R1, and DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B, among six models in total, further enriching its AI model matrix. At the same time, Tongyi Lingma also announced the launch of a new model selection feature, supporting the full-version 671B models of DeepSeek-V3 and DeepSeek-R1 based on the Bailian platform, injecting new vitality into the field of AI programming.

Today, at the World Governments Summit 2025 held in Dubai, UAE, Joe Tsai, co-founder and chairman of Alibaba, officially responded to recent rumors about Alibaba's collaboration with Apple. He revealed that Apple was looking for a partner in China that could provide localized support for its phone services. Throughout this process, Apple exhibited very high selection criteria and engaged in in-depth discussions with several Chinese companies. Ultimately, Alibaba stood out and became Apple's partner.

Recently, Alibaba announced its latest technological achievement, Animate Anyone 2. This groundbreaking technology enables precise character replacement in videos. According to the project’s official website showcasing case studies, users only need to provide the original video and target character images, allowing the system to achieve real-time character replacement while preserving the original video’s motion trajectory. Experimental data shows that the system can completely transfer a soccer player's shooting motion to an animated character while maintaining the true physical characteristics of the ball's movement. This addresses the complex needs in film production.

According to media reports, Baidu is set to launch its next generation AI model Ernie 5.0 this year. Sources state that the Ernie 5.0, referred to as a 'foundation model', will see significant enhancements in multimodal capabilities, though specific functionalities were not detailed. This news comes as Apple shifts its potential clients towards Alibaba, leading to widespread speculation that Baidu is seeking to stabilize its stock price and market position amid changing circumstances.

Recent reports indicate that Alibaba will collaborate with Apple to develop new artificial intelligence features for iPhone users in the Chinese market. This initiative is seen as an important strategy for Apple to address declining sales in China, aiming to provide a more appealing software experience for users. Insiders reveal that Apple has been testing various AI models from well-known Chinese developers since 2023. After a series of evaluations, Apple partnered with Baidu last year, becoming its primary AI technology supplier.

According to informed sources, Apple is collaborating with Chinese tech giant Alibaba to develop AI features for iPhone users in China. This news marks a new development in Apple's partnership in the AI field within the Chinese market. Over the past few months, Apple has been actively assessing multiple potential partners, including Tencent, ByteDance, Alibaba, and DeepSeek, with the aim of creating AI features for the domestic iPhone model. After thorough consideration, Apple ultimately chose to partner with Alibaba.

Recently, Huggingface, the world's largest open source AI community, released the latest Open LLM Leaderboard. The results show that all ten of the top-ranked open source large models are derivative models that have been fine-tuned based on Alibaba Tongyi Qwen's (Qwen) open-source model. This achievement marks Qwen's dominant position in the open-source AI field and further enhances its global influence. The Open LLM Leaderboard is widely...

Recently, Alibaba Group welcomed a heavyweight figure - the globally top AI scientist Xu Zhuhong (Steven Hoi). Xu Zhuhong will serve as Vice President of Alibaba Group, specifically responsible for the development and promotion of foundational research and application solutions related to multimodal foundational models and Agents in the AI To C business field.

Recently, Alibaba has welcomed a heavyweight figure in the field of AI. According to industry insiders, a top global artificial intelligence scientist has officially joined Alibaba and will focus on the research and application of foundational large models for AI To C business in the future. This scientist has over 20 years of experience in both industry and academia, with significant achievements in the field of multimodal AI, having led the publication of over a hundred top papers on large models.

Alibaba Cloud Tongyi has open-sourced a new visual model Qwen2.5-VL, launching three sizes: 3B, 7B, and 72B. The flagship model Qwen2.5-VL-72B won the championship in visual understanding across 13 authoritative evaluations, surpassing GPT-4o and Claude 3.5. According to Alibaba Cloud's official introduction, the new Qwen2.5-VL can analyze image content more accurately and support breakthrough video understanding of over 1 hour. This model can search for specific events in videos, and provide insights on...