The launch comes as its latest effort to gain an edge amid growing competition in AI application front, further intensified by the emergence of DeepSeek.

Alibaba Group has launched a new version of its AI assistant app that will be powered by its own flagship Qwen AI reasoning model.

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. unveiled a new version of its AI assistant mobile app that incorporates its latest in-house model, another in a series of product rollouts intended to help the company keep pace with Chinese artificial intelligence rivals.

Alibaba Group unveiled a new version of its AI assistant, as the race to offer the top generative AI chatbot heats up in China. U.S.-listed Alibaba stock was slightly lower in early trading. The update to Alibaba's Quark AI assistant is the first version to be fully powered by Alibaba's custom artificial intelligence models.