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South China Morning Post
3 days ago
- Business
- South China Morning Post
China's DeepSeek closes in on US rival OpenAI, surpasses Alibaba with upgraded model
Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) start-up DeepSeek said R1-0528, the first significant upgrade to its R1 reasoning model that debuted in January, matched the performance of top global competitors, including OpenAI and Google. Advertisement In a statement released late on Thursday, DeepSeek highlighted improvements in the new model's reasoning and creative writing capabilities, making it more adept at crafting argumentative essays, fiction and prose in styles that closely mimic human authors. Coding capabilities have also been enhanced. The company said the latest version achieved a 50 per cent reduction in 'hallucinations' – instances where AI generates misleading information with little factual basis. These upgrades were achieved by investing additional computing resources in the post-training stage, when developers make final adjustments and enhancements to the model after the main training process, the company said. Post-training usually focuses on boosting efficiency and enhancing content safety and accuracy. 'The updated R1 model excelled among domestic AI models in a range of benchmark tests, including maths, coding and general logic, and matched up to global top models such as [OpenAI's] O3 and [Google's] Gemini2.5-Pro,' DeepSeek said. Benchmark results cited by DeepSeek shows that R1-0528 outperforms Alibaba's Qwen3 AI model. Photo: Shutterstock The update comes after the original R1 model was dethroned in late April by Alibaba Group Holding's flagship model, Qwen3, in the LiveBench rankings for leading open-source AI systems. The shift underscores the heated competition among Chinese tech players in advancing AI capabilities.
South China Morning Post
6 days ago
- Business
- South China Morning Post
Alibaba touts rapid growth in fast-delivery service in heated race with Meituan, JD.com
Chinese e-commerce giants Alibaba Group Holding Meituan and are intensifying their costly rivalry in the on-demand fast-delivery sector, with each touting significant gains in user base and order volume. Alibaba, owner of the South China Morning Post, saw combined daily orders on its freshly launched Taobao Instant Commerce initiative and food delivery service surpass 40 million within a month, according to data released by the company on Monday. The new service, which has products delivered by aims to fulfil online orders of food and consumer items in less than an hour. It reached 10 million daily orders within its first week of launch on April 30, the company previously said. Before the recent surge in rivalry, China's food delivery market was primarily dominated by Meituan and with Beijing-based Meituan holding a larger share. But after joined the fray earlier this year, the market – consisting of about 553 million users – had shifted into a 'competition of ecosystems', according to a recent report from Chinese research firm MCR. A Meituan delivery worker seen at a Starbucks store in Beijing. Photo: Reuters Alibaba is leveraging its extensive resources in online shopping, delivery and algorithms to maintain its dominant position in China's e-commerce sector, as competition intensifies in the instant commerce segment. Taobao Instant Commerce, accessible via Alibaba's popular Taobao online shopping app, initially attracted users with subsidies on popular drinks, such as milk tea. However, sources familiar with the matter, who declined to be named, said drinks currently represented a small fraction of daily order volume, as demand was spread across a broader range of categories.
