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Alibaba’s Metaverse Unit Layoffs Dozens as Interest Wanes

DIGIT — Tue, 05 Nov 2024 09:30:13 +0000

Alibaba has laid off employees at its metaverse unit, Yuanjing, reflecting a broader industry trend of waning interest in metaverse projects by large Chinese corporations. Despite Layoffs, Alibaba Remains Committed to the Metaverse Chinese tech giant Alibaba has reportedly laid off dozens of employees at its metaverse unit, Yuanjing, as part of a restructuring exercise. […]

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Alibaba reportedly cuts dozens from metaverse unit

DIGIT — Mon, 04 Nov 2024 04:54:49 +0000

The Chinese e-commerce giant has become the latest to slash resources for metaverse development as the focus shifts to AI.

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Citron crypto-skeptic Andrew Left to face fraud charges

DIGIT — Mon, 29 Jul 2024 03:22:08 +0000

The crypto-skeptic could spend 25 years behind bars should he be convicted on all 18 fraud-related charges.

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China’s largest payments app debuts AI feature that checks if you’re balding

DIGIT — Sun, 09 Jun 2024 16:52:34 +0000

Eat your heart out Elon Musk and X.com, China’s Alipay is the real ‘everything app.’

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Alibaba launches its ChatGPT-like AI model for public use amid loosening restrictions in China

DIGIT — Wed, 13 Sep 2023 20:15:00 +0000

The launch comes just weeks after Chinese authorities began accepting applications for public-facing AI systems.

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Ant Group launches a new blockchain brand for Web3 developers

DIGIT — Fri, 08 Sep 2023 08:00:06 +0000

The new entity, ZAN, will help the mother company shake off its affiliations with Web3 and proceed to the IPO.

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Alibaba releases two open-sourced AI models to rival Meta’s Llama 2

DIGIT — Thu, 03 Aug 2023 13:30:07 +0000

The Chinese tech and e-commerce giant Alibaba revealed two new open-sourced AI models, Qwen-7B and Qwen-7B-Chat, to rival Meta’s recently-launched Llama 2.

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Alibaba to support Meta’s AI model Llama – report

DIGIT — Wed, 26 Jul 2023 09:50:59 +0000

Alibaba’s cloud computing service taps Meta’s artificial intelligence model Llama to power new software development.

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Tech giant Alibaba announces crypto-friendly chair following Daniel Zhang stepping down

DIGIT — Tue, 20 Jun 2023 21:49:30 +0000

The next company chair of Alibaba has backed several crypto projects through his wealth manager and tweeted he “like[s] crypto” in December 2021.

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Crypto Biz: Global AI race ramps up, Winklevoss $100M loan to Gemini, and more

DIGIT — Fri, 14 Apr 2023 20:45:00 +0000

Recent days have seen new players emerge in the race for artificial intelligence, with business giants announcing AI initiatives.

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