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902 Alibaba to spend $431 million for Lunar New Year AI push as chatbot war heats up

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Unnati Gusain @ Firstpost Tech · 02/02/2026 02:19 EDT

Alibaba to spend $431 million for Lunar New Year AI push as chatbot war heats up

The pledge by Alibaba, which triples the spending promised earlier by rivals Tencent and Baidu, is set to start on February 6. This move comes as the competition among Chinese AI firms toughens, especially since the launch of DeepSeek R1 model.

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