Alibaba Chief Warns of Constraints as China AI Training Ramps Up
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Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. hasn’t been able to completely fulfill demand for AI training from clients because of global supply constraints, its top executive said, suggesting a shortage of critical components such as artificial intelligence chips is weighing on Chinese efforts to ramp up in the cutting-edge technology.
“In the past quarter, we have received strong demand for model training and related services on cloud infrastructure, which were only partially fulfilled due to the near-term supply chain constraints globally,” Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Daniel Zhang, who steps down in September, told analysts on a conference call. He will focus on Alibaba’s cloud business full-time after ceding his dual roles to Alibaba co-founders Joseph Tsai and Eddie Wu.