Joseph Tsai: Alibaba Engineers Forgo Spring Festival to Harness AI Momentum Post-DeepSeek Breakthrough
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Following the introduction of DeepSeek's cost-effective, high-performance AI model, Alibaba's engineers made the selfless decision to forego their Spring Festival holiday and put in extra hours to stay ahead of the curve. At the VivaTech conference, Alibaba Chairman Joseph Tsai disclosed that the R1 model of DeepSeek served as a wake-up call, highlighting Alibaba's areas for improvement in AI. In swift response, Alibaba accelerated its R&D efforts and unveiled the highly competitive Qwen series of models within a matter of weeks.