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Jack Ma returns to public life with professorships

Jack Ma, the face of Chinese entrepreneurship and the founder of Alibaba Group Holding, has assumed professorships in at least four schools outside mainland China, as he keeps an arm's length from the business empire he created.

Bangkok Post · May 3, 2023

Alibaba's Jack Ma turns up in Japan as college professor

Alibaba Group founder Jack Ma will be a visiting professor at Tokyo College, a research institute run by the prestigious University of Tokyo

The Independent UK · May 1, 2023

Jack Ma joins University of Tokyo as visiting professor

BEIJING: Alibaba Group Holding Ltd co-founder Jack Ma is joining the University of Tokyo’s Tokyo College as a visiting professor, according to a profile page on the university’s website.

The Times of India · May 1, 2023

China wants to gives its AI systems ‘socialist values’ and bans them from criticising country’s leaders

Chinese tech giants Alibaba and Baidu have announced their own versions of ChatGPT

The Independent UK · Apr 25, 2023

Jack Ma Appointed Honorary Professor at the University of Hong Kong

The Alibaba co-founder will focus on conducting research in finance, agriculture and entrepreneurial innovations with the HKU faculty, with no plans for public lectures or speeches, reports say

Caixin Global · Apr 21, 2023

Foreign Investors Remain Wary of China

Investor sentiment toward China was undercut this week after two significant foreign investors in Chinese stocks announced they were liquidating their Chinese holdings. On Wednesday, European internet giant Prosus NV registered more than $4 billion of its stake in China’s Tencent Holdings (TCEHY ) for potential sale in Hong Kong,...

Barchart · Apr 13, 2023

Alibaba showcases its ChatGPT-style service

Alibaba showed off its version of the ChatGPT, demonstrating new software that it plans to roll out across all its platforms eventually. Read further on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News · Apr 12, 2023

As the west tries to limit TikTok’s reach, what about China’s other apps?

With government concerns over national security growing, Beijing’s influence over platforms such as WeChat and Shein could come under scrutiny

The Guardian - UK · Apr 12, 2023

Alibaba unveils chatbot as China tightens rules on AI

Alibaba is the latest tech company to enter the artificial intelligence race, as it unveils its own chatbot, Tongyi Qianwen. But it could face restrictions before even launching, as authorities in Beijing have outlined draft regulations to govern AI, including the stipulation that such platforms will reflect the core values…

France 24 · Apr 11, 2023

Alibaba now has a ChatGPT rival for its cloud customers to use

Alibaba has announced a new LLM that it hopes to integrate within its numerous services for cloud customers and beyond.

TechRadar · Apr 11, 2023