{"id":502,"date":"2025-06-11T18:03:44","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T18:03:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/joe-tsai-says-open-source-ai-will-boost-alibabas-cloud-business\/"},"modified":"2025-06-11T18:03:44","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T18:03:44","slug":"joe-tsai-says-open-source-ai-will-boost-alibabas-cloud-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/joe-tsai-says-open-source-ai-will-boost-alibabas-cloud-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Tsai says open-source AI will boost Alibaba\u2019s cloud business"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\" readability=\"9.023569023569\"><span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">Alibaba Group Holding<\/span> chairman <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">Joe Tsai<\/span> said that open-sourcing large language models (LLMs) would spur a surge in artificial intelligence (AI) applications and boost demand for cloud computing, as the company refines the focus of its sprawling business empire after &ldquo;a period of huge ordeal&rdquo;.<\/div>\n<div data-qa=\"InlineAdSlot-Container\" class=\"css-zl1inp e11v3ui14\">\n<div class=\"e11v3ui10 e11v3ui13 css-y2bwcc e1flwkbl0\" data-qa=\"AdSlot-Container\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">One reason Alibaba has opted to open-source its Qwen models is that it &ldquo;democratises the usage of AI&rdquo; and &ldquo;proliferates applications&rdquo;, which would contribute to the company&rsquo;s cloud computing business, Tsai said at the VivaTech trade show in Paris on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">&ldquo;The way we benefit from open source is that &hellip; it will drive demand for AI, it will drive training needs, and we see in the future a lot of needs for inference,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Alibaba, owner of the South China Morning Post, has made substantial investments in AI and cloud computing alongside its main e-commerce operations, following a sweeping restructuring initiative launched two years ago to streamline its vast empire.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-inline-container e1a5rv550 css-1llrc1m e1yqhwb40\" data-qa=\"Component-renderMap-StyledDiv\">\n<div class=\"image-inline caption e1fvabeq0 css-19sk4h4 ea9pn0s0\" data-qa=\"Component-Container\">\n<figure class=\"image-inline caption ea9pn0s1 css-1qeofuq e1gf69pb0\" data-qa=\"ArticleImage-ArticleImageContainer\">\n<div data-qa=\"ArticleImage-handleRenderImage-ImageContainer\" class=\"css-0 e1gf69pb3\">\n<\/div><figcaption data-qa=\"ArticleImage-DescriptionContainer\" class=\"css-6potyr e1gf69pb1\">Visitors attend the Vivatech fair, one of Europe&rsquo;s biggest tech industry shows. 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