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China’s Alibaba unveils new powerful chip and ambitious AI model plans

Headline from Courthouse News Service, on the newest of 2 developments

Chinese AI company Moonshot says that its Kimi K3, released in July, is the world's largest open model with 2.8 trillion parameters.

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  1. Alibaba Unveils AI Chip to Drive 20GW of Data Centers by 2032

    Headline from Bloomberg ·

  2. Newest

    China’s Alibaba unveils new powerful chip and ambitious AI model plans

    Headline from Courthouse News Service ·

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  1. Bloomberg

    Alibaba Unveils AI Chip to Drive 20GW of Data Centers by 2032 (opens Bloomberg)

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    Bloomberg's feed description

    Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. is rolling out what it calls China’s most powerful AI chip, an accelerator to compete with Nvidia Corp. and underpin a massive expansion of data center capacity in coming years.

  2. Independent Journal Review

    Alibaba Unveils Chip, Plans 10-Trillion-Parameter Model (opens Independent Journal Review)

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    Independent Journal Review's feed description

    Alibaba unveiled its Zhenwu V900 chip as China’s most powerful AI processor and outlined plans for a 5–10 trillion parameter AI model, plus expanded data-center capacity to exceed 20 gigawatts by 2032, signaling a wide-scale push to dominate AI infrastructure and reduce reliance on Nvidia amid US-Ch…

  3. The Register

    Alibaba Cloud plans six-year stroll to 20GW of datacenters, reveals chip to power them (opens The Register)

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    The Register's feed description

    USA alone has 37GW under construction, but Alibaba doesn't think the AI boom will run out of steam

  4. Courthouse News Service

    China’s Alibaba unveils new powerful chip and ambitious AI model plans (opens Courthouse News Service)

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    Courthouse News Service's feed description

    Chinese AI company Moonshot says that its Kimi K3, released in July, is the world's largest open model with 2.8 trillion parameters.

  5. Quartz

    Alibaba unveiled what it called China's most powerful AI chip and plans for a far larger model (opens Quartz)

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    Quartz's feed description

    The Zhenwu V900 delivers triple the performance of its predecessor and is set for commercial release in early 2027

  6. Fortune

    Alibaba says it built the ‘most powerful AI chip in China’ as the country races to catch up with the U.S. (opens Fortune)

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    Fortune's feed description

    The Chinese tech giant also plans to train a new AI model and to expand data centers as Trump and Xi prepare to discuss the global AI race this week

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