It reflects the broader competitiveness of China’s frontier AI ecosystem,” says Scott Singer, a visiting scholar in the Technology and International Affairs Program at the

B, an AI model rivaling OpenAI and DeepSeek with 98% lower compute costs. A game-changer in AI efficiency, boosting Alibaba’s market position.

Alibaba (BABA) unveils its new artificial intelligence (AI) reasoning model, QwQ-32B, stating it could rival DeepSeek's own AI while outperforming OpenAI's lower-cost model. Similar to DeepSeek's own market-rattling launch,