Alibaba Claims Its AI Model Surpasses DeepSeek
Australian Financial Review
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- Date Published
- 2 Feb 2025
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- 2
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- 8 Mar 2025, 02:41 pm
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A series of Chinese companies are working to beat DeekSeek in the artificial intelligence race, with tech giant Alibaba touting its new model.
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Alibaba has announced the release of its latest AI model, Qwen 2.5-Max, which it claims surpasses its rival DeepSeek. This development is significant in the competitive landscape of AI technology in China, as it suggests heightened capabilities of AI models and potential implications for AI leadership globally. The timing of the release during the Lunar New Year underscores the competitive pressures faced by Chinese AI companies. However, the article does not address specific safety or catastrophic risk considerations, focusing more on the competitive dynamic among Chinese tech companies.
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TechnologyAIPrint articleEduardo BaptistaFeb 2, 2025 – 12.25pmSaveLog inorSubscribeto save articleShareCopy linkCopiedEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookCopy linkCopiedShare via...Gift this articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber?LoginBeijing| Chinese tech company Alibaba has released a new version of its artificial intelligence model that it claimed surpassed the highly acclaimed local rival DeepSeek.The unusual timing of the Qwen 2.5-Max’s release, on the first day of the Lunar New Year last week when most Chinese people were off work and with their families, points to the pressure Chinese AI start-up DeepSeek’s meteoric rise in the past few weeks has placed on not just overseas rivals, but also its domestic competition.Loading...ReutersSaveLog inorSubscribeto save articleShareCopy linkCopiedEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookCopy linkCopiedShare via...Gift this articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber?LoginFollow the topics, people and companies that matter to you.Find out moreRead MoreAILunar New YearMicrosoftTikTokFetching latest articlesOlympic weightlifting is hard. This boss uses the 1pc rule to get it doneLucy DeanOut-of-control watch price rises give housing a run for its moneyKnow your craft: How the biggest airlines rate at the pointy end‘We’ll fight’: Alex Waislitz on family battles and bad betsPatrick DurkinJob appointments have never been purely merit-based: CEW chiefWhy this CEO saves creative work for after her periodNew Zealand pops its cork for one of the world’s great wine festivalsMax AllenWhy Hawaii’s data-driven wellness retreat is a haven for high-flyersA last-chance tote bag and a groovy case for trumpetersVictor Smorgon’s star fundie eyes 50pc returns for new fundAlex GluyasForrest family powerbroker had alleged role in big Fortescue decisionsEllison-run garnet mine faces punishment over unsanctioned development