Beijing blocks Apple-AI rollout with Alibaba
Worried that Apple might get Chinese intelligence
The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple’s plan to launch its flashy new artificial intelligence kit in China is going nowhere fast, thanks to regulators in Beijing dragging their feet. The snag seems to stem from an unfortunate side effect of Donald Trump’s trade war.
China's tech giants scramble for local AI chips
Nvidia ban forces pivot to homegrown silicon
China's top tech outfits are being forced to kick their dependency on Nvidia and shift to homegrown AI chips, as US export curbs and a dwindling stockpile of H20 processors squeeze their options.
China's AI giants scramble for chip self-sufficiency
US curbs push Alibaba, Tencent and Baidu towards Huawei's Ascend
China’s top tech outfits are scrambling to replace their dwindling supply of Nvidia chips with homegrown alternatives as US export controls tighten the screws on AI hardware, the Financial Times reports.
Softbank shocks Wall Street with €3.27bn profit
Son pulls a rabbit out of his telecom hat
Masayoshi Son’s SoftBank Group stunned the cocaine nose jobs of Wall Street by posting a €3.27 billion quarterly profit, fuelled by telecom holdings and a rare bout of investment luck.
Meta and Alibaba have developed self-replicating Large Language Models
AI can now breed
Boffins at Fudan University has created large language models (LLMs) which can replicate themselves autonomously during trials.
Alibaba has a management reshuffle
You gotta know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em
Alibaba Group has announced a major management reshuffle as the e-commerce giant restructures into six different business divisions.
Alibaba prepares to spin off its intelligence group
Unlocking value
Seven weeks after Alibaba announced its historic restructuring plan to split itself into six independent companies, the outfit is gearing up to spin off its intelligence group.
Jack Ma unplugs his career juke box with Ant Group
That music's lost its flavour, provide another flavour
Jack Ma will cede control of Chinese fintech giant Ant Group following a Communist Party crackdown on the nation's tech sector that targeted the charismatic billionaire.
ARM not sending new chips to Alibaba
Neoverse V will not get a licence behind the bamboo curtain
ARM won't sell its latest Neoverse V series chips to Chinese tech giant Alibaba after concluding that the US and UK would not approve licenses to export them.
Chinese designers throttle chips to escape US controls
Chips do not have to be that advanced
Chinese chip makers have worked out that while chip specs have improved over the last ten years, they have not changed that much to make a difference to products.