Alibaba sets up new task force, led by CEO Eddie Wu, to focus on AI model development
South China Morning Post
by Vincent ChowMarch 5, 2026
Alibaba Group Holding is forming a dedicated internal task force headed by CEO Eddie Wu Yongming in a bid to funnel greater resources into its foundational AI model development efforts.
On Thursday, Wu said in a letter to members of the company’s artificial intelligence research lab Tongyi that the task force would “jointly coordinate group-wide resources to accelerate foundational model development”.
“In technology, standing still means falling behind,” Wu said in the letter, which was provided...
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Originally published on South China Morning Post on 3/5/2026