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- Fortune
The race to lead China’s AI sector heats up as ByteDance, Alibaba and Baidu offer their models at rock-bottom prices
China's AI providers are slashing prices after TikTok-owned ByteDance unveiled new AI models that it claimed cost 99% less than the competition.
- Reuters
LVMH deepens partnership with Alibaba to boost tech presence in China
(Reuters) -French luxury group LVMH will deepen its partnership with Alibaba to leverage the firm's cloud and artificial intelligence capacities and boost its presence in China, the companies said on Wednesday. The world's biggest luxury group, and the Chinese e-commerce giant first forged a partnership in 2019. The reinforced ties come as luxury companies redouble efforts to cater to shoppers in China, where demand has been dampened by a property crisis and high youth unemployment.
- Benzinga
Alibaba Sparks AI Price War With Massive Discounts: Report
In a major move, Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE:BABA) slashed prices on its artificial intelligence services by up to 97%, prompting immediate reactions from competitors Baidu Inc (NASDAQ:BIDU) and ByteDance Ltd. This aggressive pricing strategy is expected to ignite a price war in China's emerging AI sector. Baidu responded soon with free services based on its Ernie AI models, shortly after Alibaba announced price cuts on nine products utilizing its Tongyi Qianwen technology. ByteDance had alr
