ByteDance Ltd. and Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. are pulling the plug on features that let users build and chat with AI companions, preparing for new Chinese regulations governing human interactions with artificial intelligence.
ByteDance's Doubao AI application. Photographer: Lam Yik/Bloomberg
A federal judge ordered the Pentagon to give Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. a reprieve from a law that caused all of its lobbyists to drop it as a client while she considers the constitutionality of the measure, in a case set to test the US’s ability to curtail Chinese companies’ activities.
Signage at the Alibaba Group Holdings Ltd. headquarters in Hangzhou, China, on Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025. Alibaba has established an in-house team for robotics, joining major global firms in a race to build AI-powered physical products.
A federal judge ordered the Pentagon to give Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. a reprieve from a law that caused all of its lobbyists to drop it as a client while she considers the constitutionality of the measure, in a case set to test the US’s ability to curtail Chinese companies’ activities.
Signage at the Alibaba Group Holdings Ltd. headquarters in Hangzhou, China, on Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025. Alibaba has established an in-house team for robotics, joining major global firms in a race to build AI-powered physical products.
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. joined a $2.8 billion financing round for Kuaishou Technology’s Kling AI, valuing the creator of one of China’s most popular generative video services at about $15 billion before the investment.
A general view shows fairgoers in front of the KlingAI booth at the Shanghai New Expo Center during the opening day of the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) 2025 in Shanghai, China, on July 26, 2025.
Chinese tech giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd and its US digital payment processor agreed to pay $600 million to resolve a federal investigation into whether they failed to prevent the sale and importation of illegal pharmaceuticals and controlled substances, the Justice Department said.
Washington’s most powerful lobbying firms are rushing to cut ties with Chinese tech giants including Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. and Tencent Holdings Ltd. as new US restrictions reshape the influence game for many Chinese companies.
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. headquarters in Hangzhou, China.
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. shares slid to a 16-month low in Hong Kong after Anthropic PBC accused the Chinese technology giant of “illicitly” accessing its artificial intelligence model.
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. shares slid to a 16-month low in Hong Kong after Anthropic PBC accused the Chinese technology giant of “illicitly” accessing its artificial intelligence model.
Anthropic PBC accused Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. of waging a large-scale effort to “illicitly” access its Claude artificial intelligence model using thousands of fraudulent accounts. Bloomberg's Maggie Eastland has the latest. (Source: Bloomberg)
Anthropic PBC accused Chinese technology giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. of waging a large-scale effort to “illicitly” access its Claude artificial intelligence model using thousands of fraudulent accounts that undermine the US AI developer’s decision to keep its products out of China.
Stickers for Claude software on a laptop at Anthropic PBC's Code with Claude developer conference in London. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. sued the Department of Defense to be removed from a blacklist that identifies the e-commerce leader as supporter of the Chinese military, appealing to the US justice system to avoid a designation the company says is arbitrary and unjustified.
Signage at the Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. headquarters in Hangzhou, China, on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025. President Donald Trump's new trade levies against China includes a broadside against international e-commerce, with apparent plans to extinguish a long-held tariff exemption for packages worth less than $800.
Alibaba Group Chairman Joe Tsai and General Catalyst Managing Director Jeannette zu Furstenberg discuss investment opportunities and leadership with the development of artificial intelligence with Bloomberg's Francine Lacqua and Tom Mackenzie at the VivaTech x Bloomberg Awards in Paris. (Source: Bloomberg)
Ant Group Co. is testing an overhaul to its Alipay super app that would introduce an AI agent interface, a major escalation in its battle for users with archrival WeChat.
An Alipay sign at an Ant Group Co. office building in Shanghai, China, on Monday, July 10, 2023. As Jack Ma’s clash with the Chinese government draws to a close after almost three years, it’s clear how costly the conflict has proven for his companies, Ant Group and Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. is offering $1.5 billion to buy Chinese grocery delivery firm Pupu, initiating a bidding war as part of a broader campaign to wrest market share from online commerce rival Meituan.
A delivery worker for Meituan in Shanghai. Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg
Shares of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. and JD.com Inc. slid after Chinese regulators scolded leading e-commerce players for what it called misleading promotions, Beijing’s latest warning against unchecked competition in the vast online arena.
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. has replaced the head of its Dingtalk app, making a high-profile leadership change after an internal debate erupted over the productivity platform’s place in the company’s broader AI strategy.
Shares of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. and JD.com Inc. slid after Chinese regulators scolded leading e-commerce players for what it called misleading promotions, Beijing’s latest warning against unchecked competition in the vast online arena.
The Pentagon accused some of China’s biggest companies, including Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., Baidu Inc. and BYD Co. of supporting the Chinese military, doubling down on an earlier decision to label crown jewels of the country’s corporate world as threats to US national security.
The Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, US, on Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025. National news organizations including Bloomberg News, five major television networks and the New York Times said they would refuse to sign new reporting limits set out by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's Pentagon. Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg
PDD Holding Inc.’s shares suffered their worst drop in a year after the company’s first-quarter revenue missed expectations in part due to fierce domestic competition and weak consumer sentiment in China.
The PDD Holdings Inc. logo Photographer: Chan Long Hei/Bloomberg