Alibaba Leverages Scale and Deep Pockets to Slash AI LLM Prices To Gain Market Share

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Qwen-VL can interpret both texts and images.\nChinese tech firms, including Alibaba, Tencent Holdings (OTC:TCEHY), Baidu Inc (NASDAQ:BIDU), and JD.com Inc (NASDAQ:JD), launched their large language models.\nIn the third quarter, Chinese companies spent 500 million yuan ($70.2 million) on promotional campaigns for AI applications. Alibaba committed 200 million yuan to promote the Quark cloud storage and search platform.\nAlibaba remains focused on LLM efforts in the enterprise segment rather than launching a consumer AI chatbot like OpenAI’s ChatGPT. Alibaba Cloud Intelligence Group revenue grew by 7% to $4.22 billion in the second quarter.\nAlibaba, Tencent, and Baidu disbursed $7 billion on AI infrastructure and processors in the first half of 2024.\nMeanwhile, Wedbush’s Dan Ives expects the U.S. Big Techs, including Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ:META), Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ:MSFT), and Amazon.Com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN), to spend $1 trillion on AI capital expenditure.\nAlibaba Group Holding stock surged over 13% in the last 12 months. Investors can gain exposure to the stock through Invesco Golden Dragon China ETF (NASDAQ:PGJ) and First Trust Nasdaq Artificial Intelligence and Robotics ETF (NASDAQ:ROBT).\nPrice Action: BABA stock traded lower by 1.04% at $83.91 premarket at the last check on Thursday.\nAlso Read:\n\nXiaomi Expands EV Charging Options, Partners with NIO, XPeng, and Li Auto for Greater Network Access\n\nPhoto by Ascannio via Shutterstock\nUNLOCKED: 5 NEW TRADES EVERY WEEK. 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