https://www.scmp.com/rss/522941/feed The latest news and top stories on Huang Fei. As Vice-President of Alibaba Cloud and Head of the Tongyi Natural Language Processing Lab, he is a prominent figure in AI development. He leads cutting-edge natural language processing research, including the development of foundational models like Qwen and Tongyi Qianwen, Alibaba’s ChatGPT system. His work involves breakthroughs in machine reading comprehension and visual question answering. Previously, he led machine translation at Facebook and was... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Zhang Tong Zhang Tong Chinese scientists have developed a flexible and safe organic lithium-ion battery that could be suitable for use in wearable electronics and in extreme conditions. The breakthrough stems from an innovative organic cathode material that enables efficient and stable performance across an extreme temperature range, from far below freezing to as hot as 80 degrees Celsius (176 degrees Fahrenheit). Conventional lithium-ion batteries typically use inorganic minerals such as lithium cobalt oxide or... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3344985/why-chinese-teams-flexible-organic-battery-could-change-face-wearables?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3344985/why-chinese-teams-flexible-organic-battery-could-change-face-wearables?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 01 Mar 2026 06:00:27 +0000 Xinmei Shen Xinmei Shen China’s AI agents currently lag behind the US in commercialisation but adoption is speeding up, according to new research on the heels of OpenAI’s launch of a ChatGPT agent that is set to push the bar higher. Orders and revenues of overseas AI agent makers exceeded those of Chinese firms “by an order of magnitude” in 2024 to 2025, according to a report released on Friday by the China International Capital Corporation (CICC). That was thanks to their corporate clients’ higher IT budgets and a... https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3318757/chinese-ai-agent-firms-lag-us-seek-close-gap-amid-openais-latest-push?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3318757/chinese-ai-agent-firms-lag-us-seek-close-gap-amid-openais-latest-push?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 18 Jul 2025 10:00:20 +0000 SCMP Editorial SCMP Editorial In the first wave of the internet and e-commerce, Hong Kong was slow to adopt the new technology. With the rise of artificial intelligence (AI), the city is faring much better this time. No doubt mainland China’s emergence as a global tech superpower has a lot to do with it as it gives both direction and incentive for local officials, universities and firms on how to deploy their ample capital resources, research capabilities and scientific talent. The sudden appearance of DeepSeek, with its... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/comment/article/3317833/hong-kong-poised-catch-global-ai-wave?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/comment/article/3317833/hong-kong-poised-catch-global-ai-wave?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 11 Jul 2025 23:15:07 +0000 Danielle Popov Danielle Popov Digital colleagues will be a part of everyday life in the next five years, according to an artificial intelligence (AI) expert from Alibaba Group Holding’s cloud computing unit, who envisions an ecosystem of application developers creating AI agents to cater to consumer and business demands. “Agentic AI is very popular in the industry right now,” said Huang Fei, vice-president of Alibaba Cloud and head of the company’s Tongyi Natural Language Processing Lab. Speaking at the China Conference 2025... https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3317429/alibaba-expert-envisions-ai-agents-transforming-daily-life-5-years?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3317429/alibaba-expert-envisions-ai-agents-transforming-daily-life-5-years?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 08 Jul 2025 13:30:07 +0000