China’s growing influence in AI is evident as companies like DeepSeek, Alibaba, and Moonshot AI are challenging the traditional dominance of US tech giants

In an unexpected move on the first day of Lunar New Year, Chinese tech giant Alibaba announced its latest AI model, Qwen 2.5-Max, claiming it outperforms several leading models including the recently released DeepSeek-V3.

Two days after the release of DeepSeek-R1, TikTok owner ByteDance released an update to its flagship AI model, which it claimed outperformed Microsoft-backed OpenAI's o1 in AIME, a benchmark test that measures how well AI models understand and respond to complex instructions.

Chinese tech company Alibaba released a new version of the Qwen 2.5 artificial intelligence model that surpasses DeepSeek's latest model.

Alibaba has launched a new version of its AI model, Qwen2.5 Max, claiming it performed better than DeepSeek's AI, OpenAI's GPT-4o and Meta's Llama.

Alibaba claims that its new AI model, Qwen 2.5 Max, demonstrates superior performance over competitors like Meta’s Llama and DeepSeek’s V3. This development highlights the fierce competition among Chinese tech firms,

The AI race gets frantic as Alibaba throws down a challenge at DeepSeek just days after ByteDance launches its own new AI model.

DeepSeek, a 20-month-old startup founded in Alibaba’s home city, Hangzhou, became a global sensation this week and figures prominently as the first benchmark that Alibaba appears to measure itself against. Alibaba Cloud also shared scores that suggest its AI beats OpenAI and Anthropic’s models in certain benchmarks.

Amid the buzz surrounding DeepSeek, domestic AI rival Alibaba Cloud’s ( NYSE: BABA) own Qwen team released a new family of artificial intelligence models, Qwen2.5-VL, capable of performing a number of text and image analysis tasks.

Analysts say China’s AI investment is just beginning to pay off, with more firms expected to launch their own models soon.