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Why Bollywood needs KJo’s couch more than everShai Hope scripts history, surpasses Chris Gayle in major T20I milestone for West Indies | Cricket News‘Hardcore Rajinikanth fan’: Soundarya on father’s Jailer 2, if she is a Kamal Haasan fan | Tamil NewsIndia’s water plants are failing to catch elusive ‘forever chemicals’Wisconsin Plane Crash: Child among 6 killed in small plane crash in Wisconsin; FAA, NTSB probe underwaySmall IPOs, big gains: 2026’s smaller issues outshine bigger listings with 17% returnsWhy India’s 7% GDP growth projection might be hiding a deeper crisisIPL trade: T Natarajan returns to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 5 crore; Zeeshan Ansari moves to Delhi Capitals | Cricket NewsWhy Madhavan chose characters over stardom like Vijay, Ajith: ‘Kamal Haasan taught me…’ | Tamil NewsHealth Quiz: On arthritis – The HinduNew York City to ban iconic horse-drawn carriages from June 1, 2028; decision comes after Indian tourist Romanch Mahajan’s deathChina choking supply chains, EU turns to Vietnam for minerals critical for defence, tech sectorsOur Durga doesn’t fast, she feasts‘There are a few things we need to work on’: Smriti Mandhana flags India’s T20I improvement areas ahead of Women’s Champions Trophy | Cricket NewsAishwarya Rai called Emraan Hashmi’s comment ‘worst thing’ said about her: ‘Fake, plastic’ | Television NewsMining project threatens future of rare Jeypore ground geckoAbu Dhabi royal found slumped on London street with toddler; ‘Why do you care so much?’ she asks after being woken up; attorney says she was tiredGlobal oil demand to fall by 2.6 million barrels per day in 2026, says IEA17-year wait ends: Asian Champions Trophy brings international hockey back to Punjab after long gap | Hockey NewsWhen Kamal Haasan’s girlfriend Srividya predicted an ignored Rajinikanth would become a superstarIn 1991, Steve Harvey was homeless, sleeping in his car with just $35; after his Apollo breakthrough, his foundation went on to award more than $700,000 in scholarships and build mentoring programs for underserved youthUS inflation rises to 3.7% in September, core CPI beats estimatesJantar Mantar: Why the state wants to move protest sites out of sightRanji Trophy: Shami and co. help Bengal crush Delhi by nine wickets; Desai spins Gujarat to bonus-point win | Cricket NewsPuneeth Rajkumar was sweating profusely after trying kickboxing for the first time: ‘Died a minute before reaching the hospital’A Wisconsin demolition expert spent years turning salvaged industrial machinery into the 300-ton Forevertron; the 50-foot-high, 120-foot-wide scrap-metal creation became the centrepiece of a roadside sculpture parkFM Nirmala Sitharaman to attend IMF-World Bank meetings in BangkokBiryani, non-veg and Durga Puja – why food politics may backfire in BengalIndia vs West Indies Live Score, 4th T20I: Samson, Abhishek and Kishan key as India eye series-clinching win; Hope, Rutherford prepare to fire backNana Patekar did film after getting Rs 1 more than Amitabh Bachchan, says Drishyam actor | Bollywood NewsAfter personal setbacks and losing her first restaurant, Erin French rebuilt her career in a small Maine town; her restaurant now receives around 60,000 reservation postcards a yearGovt to sell 60.72% stake in IDBI Bank to Fairfax for Rs 52,877 croreShashi Tharoor writes: Until democracy is restored, peaceful struggle for rights will continue‘He can be a great opener’: Pat Cummins hints at batting reshuffle despite Matthew Renshaw’s 272-run haul | Cricket NewsInside Imran Khan’s Karjat home that he designed himself after tracking the sun for a year | Bollywood NewsWhy Asim Munir’s plan to ‘split’ up Pakistan may spell the end of civilian govtIndia tightens Mauritius tax treaty: New test could deny benefits over tax-driven dealsYou don’t need to agree with Congress to raise your voice‘We immediately think of Chris Gayle’: Cheteshwar Pujara’s big statement on Abhishek Sharma | Cricket NewsEmraan Hashmi safe after narrow escape from car flip accident on Gunmaaster G9 set | Bollywood NewsIn 2022 US Department of Agriculture funded a trial by spreading cardboard in gardens to avoid weeds; by the second season weeds covered only 15% of the cardboard beds compared to 45% in tilted bedsXi bailing out Trump ahead of midterms? 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Alibaba’s Qwen ramps up AI app race with Spring Festival giveaway blitz

Alibaba’s Qwen ramps up AI app race with Spring Festival giveaway blitz


Alibaba Group Holding has joined rivals including Tencent Holdings and Baidu in rolling out Spring Festival red-packet giveaways to drive mass-market adoption of its artificial intelligence apps, committing 3 billion yuan (US$432 million) to spur spending across its ecosystem as it seeks to extend its edge in foundational models to consumer-facing products.

The Hangzhou-based e-commerce and AI giant said on Monday that its AI app Qwen would anchor a Spring Festival campaign across its flagship shopping platform Taobao, on-demand retail and food-delivery service Shangou, online travel agency Fliggy, ticketing platform Damai, mapping service Amap and grocery chain Freshippo. Incentives would include lottery-style free orders and cash in red packets.

Rather than a conventional chatbot, the Qwen app functions as a personal agent, leveraging Alibaba’s ecosystem to carry out actions directly for users. Alibaba said the campaign was designed to “invite users to experience a new lifestyle in the AI era” and set to officially launch on February 6. Alibaba owns the South China Morning Post.

The move follows aggressive campaigns by competitors Tencent and Baidu, which had rolled out cash incentives of 1 billion yuan and 500 million yuan, respectively, to promote their consumer-facing AI apps, with the Spring Festival long regarded as China’s most high-stakes marketing battleground.
The Spring Festival is long regarded as China’s most high-stakes marketing battleground. Photo: Getty Images
The Spring Festival is long regarded as China’s most high-stakes marketing battleground. Photo: Getty Images

ByteDance, owner of Douyin and TikTok, moved even earlier, securing what it described as an “exclusive AI cloud partnership” with national broadcaster China Central Television’s Spring Festival Gala, mainland China’s most-watched television broadcast, set for February 16.

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