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Texas governor bars state employees from using Alibaba, Temu products

[WASHINGTON] Texas will bar its employees from using Alibaba, Temu and TP-Link hardware and software, the governor said in a statement on Monday, saying his state made the decision to protect the “pri...

Alibaba has been among the most aggressive investors in and advocates for AI since DeepSeek fired up the local tech industry.

Alibaba plans IPO for AI chipmaking unit T-Head: sources

As a first step, Alibaba plans to restructure the unit as a business partly owned by employees

China’s online retail leader aims to connect Taobao, Alipay, travel service Fliggy and Amap to the Qwen app starting on Thursday.

Alibaba takes major step to link Taobao shopping to main AI app

The newly integrated functions are now available for public testing in China

Since 2025, Beijing raised scrutiny of retail after Alibaba, JD and Meituan spent billions on delivery subsidies.

China targets online commerce battles in latest regulatory salvo

The new rules also require them to protect consumers and user data

 Alibaba is trying to regain ground in areas such as meal delivery that it lost to its smaller rival in past years.

Alibaba brings visual AI into food fight with China’s Meituan

Chinese companies are increasingly experimenting with AI to enhance existing businesses and carve out new markets

Elite Chinese universities, data centre firms, and entities affiliated to China’s military have sought to procure Nvidia's  H200 chips through grey-market channels.

ByteDance, Alibaba keen to order Nvidia H200 chips after Trump green light: sources

The chip’s ability to train AI models is currently unmatched by domestic equivalents

According to the report, there has been a steady increase in training in offshore locations after US moved to restrict sales of the Nvidia H20 chip in April.

China’s tech giants move AI model training overseas to access Nvidia chips: report

Alibaba and ByteDance are among the tech firms training their newest large language models in South-east Asian data centres

The company is making an aggressive push into the consumer AI market after having historically lagged rivals.

Alibaba starts selling Quark AI glasses in China, enters global wearables race

Other Chinese tech companies have also launched similar AI-powered glasses