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Amazon Circles a Custom OpenAI Model to Supercharge Alexa as Talks of a Large Equity Deal Advance
Amazon is negotiating with OpenAI on a commercial agreement that could include a multibillion-dollar equity investment and the creation of bespoke OpenAI models for Amazon products such as Alexa. The arrangement would deepen technical collaboration but raise strategic and regulatory questions about control, vendor lock-in and market concentration in AI.
Hang Seng Edges Higher as Tech Stocks Slip and AI Plays Rally
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng closed marginally higher while the Hang Seng Tech Index fell, as AI-related ‘large-model’ stocks and gold miners rallied and major internet platforms like Tencent slid. The session illustrated a market split: speculative AI plays attracted flows even as policy-sensitive mega-cap tech names remained susceptible to rumor-driven volatility.
Yang Zhilin Steps Forward: Moon’s Dark Side Ships Kimi K2.5 to Buy Time Against DeepSeek
Moon’s Dark Side released Kimi K2.5 with founder Yang Zhilin personally presenting the incremental upgrade, signalling a strategic shift from parameter-led competition to engineering improvements focused on coding and agent orchestration. The release is a defensive, deliverable move to shore up market position ahead of an expected DeepSeek model launch and to buy time for a more substantive K3 upgrade.
Alibaba Debuts Qwen3‑Max‑Thinking, a Tool‑Enabled Inference Model Aiming to Rival GPT‑5.2
Alibaba has launched Qwen3‑Max‑Thinking, an inference model that combines adaptive tool calling and test‑time scaling to improve reasoning, factual accuracy and alignment. Alibaba claims benchmark parity with leading models such as GPT‑5.2‑Thinking, and has deployed the capability in Qwen Chat, signalling rapid commercialisation within its cloud and consumer ecosystem.
China’s Kimi Says Algorithmic Ingenuity, Not Massive Compute, Powered Its Leap — and the AI Race May Be Changing
At Davos, Kimi’s leadership said it achieved state‑of‑the‑art results with its K2 series while using a fraction of the compute typical of leading US labs, crediting deep algorithmic and engineering innovation. The company plans to use fresh capital to expand hardware for a next‑generation K3 model, underscoring a broader Chinese push to compete via efficiency rather than brute‑force compute.