Alibaba has begun its overhaul artificial intelligence chatbotin line with OpenAI’s ChatGpt, the latest challenge to the American giant in Silicon Valley by the Chinese e-commerce giant founded by Jack Ma.
New chatbot application, Qwenupdating and renaming previous versions Tongyiavailable on Android and Apple app stores starting Friday.
Hangzhou Group introduced its latest version as “the most powerful official AI assistant for its models” and “the main access point for testing the newest and most powerful Qwen models”.
Alibaba has been promoting the adoption and commercialization of its Qwen AI series of models over the past two years, amidst the global industry frenzy started by OpenAI.
Emerging as one of the leading AI developers in China, along with similar startups Deep Search And Moonshot AIAlibaba has doubled down on its open source approach, making its templates available for use, modification, and distribution by third-party developers. In the quarter ended in June, Alibaba’s revenue from AI-related products maintained triple-digit year-on-year growth for eight consecutive quarters.
