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Alibaba launches new version of AI assistant tool as competition heats up

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Alibaba Group launched a new version of its artificial intelligence assistant app that will be powered by its own flagship Qwen AI reasoning model.

The launch marks the company's latest effort to gain an edge amid growing competition on the AI application front, further intensified by the emergence of DeepSeek 's blockbuster R1 model model.