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Alibaba business and news from across the web.- Evening Tech BitsChina is reportedly considering reversing its ban on NVIDIA chips, potentially allowing companies like Alibaba and ByteDance to purchase H200 chips. Separately, Linus Torvalds commented on his current programming tools, stating he is no longer a programmer in the traditional sense.
- Alibaba gets a reprieve from US Chinese military banA judge has ruled that the Pentagon must grant Alibaba a reprieve regarding its placement on a Chinese military list. This decision provides a temporary halt to the ban affecting the company.
- AI Yi-Yi!Anthropic has stated that Alibaba should face consequences for allegedly orchestrating the largest cloning attack on its AI model, Claude. This incident highlights ongoing concerns about AI security and intellectual property.
- Alibaba sues the US government for adding it to list of firms linked to Chinese militaryAlibaba has filed a lawsuit against the US government, seeking to be removed from a list of companies allegedly linked to China's People's Liberation Army. The company aims to contest its inclusion on this blacklist.
AliBAE Debuts Qwen Platform with 100,000 CHECK Reward PoolAnimoca Brands and Alibaba have launched AliBAE, a new platform utilizing Alibaba's Qwen AI models for content creation, specifically for promotional videos related to Animoca's AI technology and the mobile game King's Gambit. The platform features challenges with a total prize pool of 100,000 CHECK tokens and aims to reward the quality of contributions over participation volume.
Report: US government may compel Tencent to divest gaming investmentsThe US government, under the Trump administration, is reportedly considering forcing Tencent to divest its gaming investments due to national security and data privacy concerns. Investigations initiated under the Biden administration have raised questions about Tencent's access to data from millions of American players through its stakes in companies like Epic Games and Riot Games.
In yet another twist in the US-China chip export fiasco, it seems like America may limit the number of H200 AI chips…The US government is reportedly considering new restrictions on AI chip exports to China, potentially limiting Nvidia's H200 and AMD's MI325 chips. These proposed limits would cap exports at 75,000 units per Chinese firm, significantly reducing previous purchase requests. This development occurs amidst ongoing trade tensions and evolving export policies between the US and China.