Alibaba Upgrades Video AI Model to Keep Pace with Global Rivals

Signage at the Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. headquarters in Hangzhou, China.

Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. has updated its open-source video-generating model, sustaining a frenetic pace of AI enhancements to stay abreast of Chinese and US rivals.

Wan2.2-S2V turns portrait photos into “film-quality avatars” that can be prompted to speak, sing and perform, the Hangzhou-based company said in a statement on Tuesday.