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Tech Brief (Sept. 25): Alibaba Launches AI Models

Published: Sep. 25, 2025 11:38 a.m. GMT+8

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Alibaba releases and updates seven new large models

At a conference on Sept. 24, Alibaba Cloud CTO Zhou Jingren announced several technological advancements, driving a surge in Alibaba’s stock price. The updates include seven new large-model products spanning language, voice, vision, multimodal and code models. The company also unveiled upgrades to its AI infrastructure. On the same day, Alibaba Cloud announced a new round of global infrastructure expansion and a collaboration with Nvidia in the field of physical AI.

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Alibaba released seven new large AI models and announced global AI infrastructure expansion, including collaboration with Nvidia.
Qualcomm launched new Snapdragon chips for phones and PCs and stated 6G pre-commercial devices will be ready in 2028.
AMD is deepening its partnership with Canadian AI firm Cohere; Unitree Robotics highlighted heat and power as major robot chip challenges.

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Alibaba: Alibaba's stock price surged following announcements by Alibaba Cloud CTO Zhou Jingren on September 24. These included seven new large model products encompassing language, voice, vision, multimodal, and code models. Additionally, the company unveiled AI infrastructure upgrades, a global infrastructure expansion, and a collaboration with Nvidia in physical AI.

Qualcomm: On September 24, Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon predicted 6G devices would be ready for pre-commercial use by 2028, aligning with trends in AI and computing architecture. The following day, Qualcomm launched its fifth-generation Snapdragon 8 Elite mobile platform, touted as the fastest mobile system-on-chip, and the Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme and Snapdragon X2 Elite processors for Windows 11 PCs, expanding its footprint in the PC market.

AMD: On September 24, AMD announced a deepened global partnership with Cohere, a Canadian AI firm specializing in enterprise-level AI. This collaboration spans multiple areas, enhancing AMD's involvement in advanced AI technologies.

Cohere: Cohere is a Canadian AI firm established in 2019 that specializes in enterprise-level AI solutions. It is partnering with AMD to deepen their global collaboration. Cohere's co-founder, Aidan Gomez, was a researcher at the Google Brain team and co-authored the influential paper "Attention Is All You Need."

Unitree Robotics: Unitree Robotics is a Chinese robotics company. Its CEO highlighted that high-performance computing chips are currently unsuitable for humanoid robots due to excessive power consumption and heat generation.

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What Happened When

Sept. 24, 2025：: At a conference, Alibaba Cloud CTO Zhou Jingren announced seven new large-model products and upgrades to AI infrastructure. On the same day, Alibaba Cloud announced a global infrastructure expansion and collaboration with Nvidia.

Sept. 24, 2025：: Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon gave a speech stating that 6G devices will be ready for pre-commercial use in 2028.

Sept. 24, 2025：: AMD announced it is deepening its global partnership with Canadian AI firm Cohere.

Sept. 25, 2025：: Qualcomm launched the fifth-generation Snapdragon 8 Elitemobile platform, Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme, and Snapdragon X2 Elite processors designed for Windows 11 PCs.

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