Artificial Intelligence Three charts show how China’s AI industry is propped up by three companies More than half of the country’s major AI players have funding ties that lead back to Baidu, Alibaba, and Tencent. by Karen Hao 2019-01-22T16:05:00-05:00
Artificial Intelligence Alibaba already has a voice assistant way better than Google’s It navigates interruptions and other tricky features of human conversation to field millions of requests a day. by Karen Hao 2018-12-04T11:20:00-05:00
Intelligent Machines Why Alibaba is betting big on AI chips and quantum computing Meet the man behind Alibaba’s gamble on emerging tech. by Yiting Sun 2018-09-25T13:30:00-04:00
Computing Running quantum algorithms in the cloud just got a lot faster A startup called Rigetti Computing is linking quantum computers with classical ones in a new cloud service by Martin Giles 2018-09-07T01:10:00-04:00
Intelligent Machines How the AI cloud could produce the richest companies ever Amazon, Google, and Microsoft all want to dominate the business of providing artificial-intelligence services through cloud computing. The winner may have the OS of the future. by Peter Burrows 2018-03-22T00:00:00-04:00
Artificial Intelligence Inside the Chinese lab that plans to rewire the world with AI Alibaba is investing huge sums in AI research and resources—and it is building tools to challenge Google and Amazon. by Will Knight 2018-03-07T17:19:00-05:00
Artificial Intelligence China and the US are bracing for an AI showdown—in the cloud Alibaba, Amazon, and others are adding ever more capable AI services to their cloud platforms. by Will Knight 2018-01-31T18:13:00-05:00
Intelligent Machines Alibaba’s AI Fashion Consultant Helps Achieve Record-Setting Sales AI will blur the line between online and offline retail. by Yiting Sun 2017-11-13T00:00:00-05:00
Intelligent Machines Alibaba Aims to “Master the Laws” of AI and Put Virtual Helpers Everywhere CTO of the e-commerce giant says its new $15 billion research academy will explore AI, fintech, and quantum computing. by Yiting Sun 2017-10-12T12:01:00-04:00
Artificial Intelligence China’s AI Awakening中国 人工智能 的崛起 The West shouldn’t fear China’s artificial-intelligence revolution. It should copy it. by Will Knight 2017-10-10T00:00:00-04:00