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China’s Alibaba launches own version of ChatGPT

Written by Staff Writer

Tue 11 Apr 2023Tue 11 Apr 2023

It will first be integrated into DingTalk, Alibaba’s workplace messaging app

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China’s Alibaba to split into six units

Written by Staff Writer

Wed 29 Mar 2023Wed 29 Mar 2023

The restructuring was described as the ‘most significant’ organisational overhaul in its 24-year history

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The best 11.11 online shopping deals in the UAE

Written by Staff Writer

Sun 6 Nov 2022Sun 6 Nov 2022

Single’s Day is the world’s biggest online shopping event, $139bn of transactions in China last year

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Alibaba offers source code of its federated learning platform to the open-source community

Written by staff writer

Mon 9 May 2022Fri 13 May 2022

Sharing the self-developed federated learning technologies could promote privacy-preserving computation in different sectors such as healthcare and smart mobility

Elon Musk (R), Co-founder and CEO of Tesla, and Jack Ma, co-chair of the UN High-Level Panel on Digital Cooperation, speak onstage during the the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai on August 29, 2019.

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Ma vs Musk: tech tycoons spar on future of AI

Written by AFP

Thu 29 Aug 2019Wed 6 Oct 2021

The Chinese co-founder of Alibaba and the maverick industrialist behind Tesla and SpaceX took part in an hour-long talk in Shanghai, veering from technology to Mars, death, and jobs.

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SoftBank Group triples net profit in first quarter

Written by AFP

Wed 7 Aug 2019Wed 6 Oct 2021

SoftBank’s Vision Fund 2 is the long-mooted successor to its mammoth Saudi-backed Vision Fund, which has taken stakes in leading tech start-ups from Uber to WeWork

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Chinese giant Alibaba said to mull Hong Kong listing

Written by Bloomberg

Tue 28 May 2019Thu 7 Oct 2021

Sources say Alibaba Group is considering raising $20bn via a second listing in Hong Kong after a record-breaking 2014 New York debut

AS Watson, which is a unit of Hong Kong tycoon Victor Li’s CK Hutchison Holdings.

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UAE’s Mubadala said to mull bid for $3bn Watson stake

Written by Bloomberg

Wed 20 Mar 2019Wed 6 Oct 2021

Sources say Abu Dhabi fund is weighing bid for stake in global retailer AS Watson Group

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Dubai-based crypto firm to stop using Alibaba name

Written by Bernd Debusmann Jr

Tue 12 Mar 2019Wed 6 Oct 2021

ABBC Foundation has agreed to stop using trademarks that include the term ‘Alibaba’ following a long-running dispute with Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba Group

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SoftBank Group nine-month net profit soars more than 50%

Written by AFP

Wed 6 Feb 2019Wed 6 Oct 2021

Rise was largely driven by gains from its investment funds, led by SoftBank Vision Fund whose partners include Saudi Arabia

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Saudi-backed SoftBank to invest $2bn in e-commerce site

Written by Bloomberg

Wed 21 Nov 2018Wed 6 Oct 2021

Saudi Arabia has contributed $45 billion to the $100 billion Vision Fund.

One of the most important aspects of the $1trn Belt and Road Initiative strategy, however, has nothing to do with highways, ports or energy. It’s digital – and the Middle East plays an important role in this plan.

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The Middle East’s role in China’s Digital Silk Road

Written by Bernd Debusmann Jr

Wed 26 Sep 2018Thu 28 Oct 2021

There has been much talk about China’s Belt and Road initiative (BRI). But beyond this physical infrastructure the Asian giant has big plans to extend its digital footprint, including here in the Middle East