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Alibaba Adds Agentic and Payments Capabilities to Consumer AI App
artificial intelligence // January 15, 2026

Alibaba has added agentic and payments capabilities to its consumer-facing artificial intelligence (AI) app Qwen App. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily...

Are AI Agents Ready to Take Over Human Work? New Study Says Not Yet
artificial intelligence // May 20, 2025

Are artificial intelligence (AI) agents ready to replace your next coworker? Not quite. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today....

AI Tools: Microsoft Azure Adds DeepSeek; Alibaba Releases New Model; Meta Gets ‘Memories’
Artificial Intelligence // January 30, 2025

This week in artificial intelligence models and tools, Microsoft announced that DeepSeek R1 is available on Azure AI Foundry, and Alibaba released a model that it said is better than DeepSeek. Meanwhile, Meta launched a memory feature, and Google announced new Gemini Live capabilities. Get...

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Alibaba Raises Stakes in China’s Chatbot War Ahead of Lunar New Year

February 02, 2026
China-based Alibaba plans to spend 3 billion yuan (about $432 million) during the Lunar New Year holiday to promote its Qwen artificial intelligence app, Reuters reported Monday (Feb. 2). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe […]

Alibaba Adds Agentic and Payments Capabilities to Consumer AI App

January 15, 2026
Alibaba has added agentic and payments capabilities to its consumer-facing artificial intelligence (AI) app Qwen App. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...