From CNBC, a story about how “Alibaba Cloud, the cloud computing unit of Chinese tech giant Alibaba, announced Tuesday it will be rolling out its own ChatGPT-style product Tongyi Qianwen.
Initially, the AI Chatbot software will be “deployed on DingTalk, Alibaba’s workplace communication software, and Tmall Genie, a provider of smart home appliances,” but the company said it will be rolled out across all its platforms – including e-commerce – in “the near future.”
“We are at a technological watershed moment driven by generative AI and cloud computing, and businesses across all sectors have started to embrace intelligence transformation to stay ahead of the game,” said Daniel Zhang, chairman and CEO of Alibaba Group and CEO of Alibaba Cloud Intelligence, in a prepared statement.
KC’s View:
This plays into yesterday’s Washington Post piece about how Amazon seems to be lagging behind in “the mounting AI wars,” even though it has been a p[layer with its Alexa-powered technology for years. Amazon says it has “a lot happening in the space,” but the Alibaba announcement makes clear that Amazon is going to have to get specific soon. Or, it will start losing its leadership position in a segment where it always seemed to be one or two steps ahead of everybody else.
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