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South China Morning PostAlibaba's Qwen powers top 10 open-source models as China AI know-how goes beyond DeepSeek
Alibaba Group Holding's Qwen artificial intelligence (AI) model is powering the world's top 10 open-source large language models (LLMs), according to collaborative machine-learning platform and community Hugging Face. The latest Open LLM Leaderboard by Hugging Face showed that all of the top-ranked models were trained and developed on the updated open-source versions of Qwen, part of the Tongyi Qianwen LLM family built by Alibaba's cloud computing services and AI arm. Hangzhou-based Alibaba owns
- BBC
China's ex-UK ambassador clashes with 'AI godfather' on panel
Fu Ying also expressed regret about the impact of US-China tensions on the progress of AI safety.
- South China Morning Post
Jack Ma visits second-hand marketplace Xianyu as Alibaba's AI grabs attention
Alibaba Group Holding founder Jack Ma on Tuesday visited the Hangzhou offices of Xianyu, China's largest online marketplace for second-hand goods, as the technology giant advances its artificial intelligence (AI) agenda. Photos and video clips shared by Xianyu employees showed Ma, 60, sporting a vest emblazoned with the Alibaba logo and smiling broadly. Alibaba, owner of the South China Morning Post, established Xianyu in 2014 with the aim of creating an entertaining way for Chinese consumers to
- PA Media: UK News
Almost half of children aged between eight and 17 ‘have been scammed online’
A quarter of those who have fallen victim say they blamed themselves, the poll for the UK Safer Internet Centre found.
- South China Morning Post
Alibaba offers more DeepSeek AI models at low prices, denies investment rumours
Alibaba Group Holding added to its cloud computing service more artificial intelligence (AI) models from DeepSeek, as the Hangzhou-based technology giant rejected speculation that it planned to invest in the hot start-up based in the same city. Alibaba's cloud computing and AI unit is offering six new DeepSeek models through its large language model (LLM) service platform Bailian, according to a WeChat post from Alibaba Cloud on Sunday. The share price of Alibaba, owner of the South China Mornin
- The Canadian Press
Russian cybercrime network targeted for sanctions across US, UK and Australia
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S., U.K. and Australia on Tuesday sanctioned a Russian web-hosting services provider and two Russian men who administer the service in support of Russian ransomware syndicate LockBit.
- People
Father of 4 Shot Dead, Girlfriend ‘Badly Beaten’ After Approaching Man Parked Over Their Driveway: Police
Trevor Hughes had just returned home from work and just wanted to go inside and sleep but couldn't park because a man was blocking his driveway, police allege
- HuffPost
Donald Trump Throws A Super Fit At Taylor Swift In ‘Unforgiving’ Post-Game Rant
The president lashed out at the pop star on his social media website.
- HuffPost
Donald Trump’s Anti-‘Woke’ Rant Ends With Awkward Admission
The president's remarks took an uncomfortable turn.
- The Daily Beast
Taylor Swift Looks Shocked After Being Booed by Super Bowl Crowd
It seems that the Super Bowl crowd this year isn’t keen to welcome Taylor Swift with open arms, as the pop star was aggressively booed during Sunday’s game when she appeared on the jumbotron. The Folklore artist was in attendance at the New Orleans Superdome Sunday night cheering on partner Travis Kelce and the Kansas City Chiefs as they battled it out against the Philadelphia Eagles. She was seen alongside rapper Ice Spice and stylist Ashley Avignone. At one point during the game’s first quarte
- Hello!
Meghan Markle set to leave Canada without Prince Harry - reason revealed
The Duchess of Sussex is set to leave Canada midway-through the Invictus Games Vancouver Whistler, without Prince Harry
- Hello!
Kensington Palace forced to release statement over the Princess of Wales' clothes
Kensington Palace has been forced to issue a new statement over Princess Kate's clothes. Read the full statement here...
- CBC
Tariffs atop tariffs? White House says levies on Canada would be cumulative
If the U.S. were to proceed with all the tariffs it's threatening next month, there's no way they'd all be compounded atop each other into one astronomical total, right? Wrong, says the Trump administration.The White House said Tuesday that should all its trade actions take effect in March, it would indeed pile tariff on top of tariff, to reach the larger number of 50 per cent on some items.At the moment, the U.S. is threatening two actions: a worldwide tariff of 25 per cent on steel and aluminu
- CBC
Carney blames U.S. aggression toward Canada on social inequality down south
Federal Liberal leadership candidate Mark Carney blamed U.S. aggression toward Canada on social inequality in our neighbour to the south — and compared Donald Trump's musings about annexation to the villain from the Harry Potter novels.Speaking at the King's Head Pub in Winnipeg on Monday evening, Carney told a crowd of several hundred supporters Canada faces a crisis due to U.S. threats against the Canadian economy, but insisted Canada does not face an existential crisis.Some U.S. citizens, he
- The Daily Beast
CNN Host Loses It With Scott Jennings: ‘Let Me Explain More Slowly’
Republican strategist Scott Jennings said during a CNN appearance that the Trump administration should ignore federal court rulings that don’t fall in line with the president’s policy objectives, prompting host Abby Phillip to shoot back that his argument was “not connected to the facts.” “If a district court judge tries to usurp the authority of the chief executive of this country, he should absolutely defy it,” Jennings told a panel on Monday‘s CNN NewsNight. “There’s a difference between broa
- InStyle
Travis Kelce Looked So Sad as He Joined Taylor Swift in Her Suite After Super Bowl Loss
The Chiefs lost 22-40 against the Eagles.
- Good Housekeeping
Matt Damon & David Beckham Beer Commercial Officially Wins The Super Bowl
David Beckham and Matt Damon's Super Bowl commercial with Stella Artois officially won the night. The hilarious ad was even directed by Ben Affleck.
- Reuters
Looming tariffs turned into a mad dash north for one US manufacturer
Stephen Bullock’s phone rang early Monday morning last week at his small factory in North Carolina with an urgent message from his distributor up in Toronto who was rattled by what looked like an unfolding U.S.-Canada trade war. Two of the machines Bullock’s company produces - bulky contraptions used to lay concrete curbs, highway barriers, and sidewalks - were due to be shipped to Canada in a few weeks. "They said get them here as quick as you can," said Bullock, President of Power Curbers, who scrambled to pull two finished machines destined for other buyers the next day.
- PA Media: UK News
Trump risks ICC arrest warrant being issued for him, says human rights lawyer
Baroness Kennedy of the Shaws told the House of Lords that the Article 70 of the Rome Statute forbids the obstruction of justice.
- HuffPost
Wall Street Journal Warns How Donald Trump Is Repeating First-Term ‘Blunder’
The conservative newspaper's editorial board predicted that it's a disaster in the making.