Alibaba Group sign is seen at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai, China July 6, 2023. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photoand Huawei Technologies Co on Friday showcased new products, including an artificial intelligence image generator and an AI model upgrade, as Chinese companies jostle for position in the global AI race.
Also on Friday, Huawei demonstrated the third iteration of its Panggu AI model at the start of its three-day annual developer conference in Dongguan. Alibaba's image generator will compete with OpenAI's DALL-E and Midjourney Inc's Midjourney, U.S.-based rivals that have gained a large following worldwide.announced in March that split the Chinese tech major into six units. In April, it launched a ChatGPT-like text generator Tongyi Qianwen.