At the 2024 World Internet Conference Wuzhen Summit, Alibaba CEO Wu Yongming gave a speech and deeply discussed the impact of artificial intelligence on the Internet industry. He pointed out that AI technology is the core driving force for changes in the Internet industry this year. Its value goes far beyond the development of super apps, but to promote productivity changes in all walks of life, which requires the construction of a prosperous technology, product and market ecosystem. In his speech, Wu Yongming elaborated on Alibaba’s layout and progress in the field of AI, as well as its prospects for future development.
During the 2024 World Internet Conference Wuzhen Summit, Alibaba Group CEO Wu Yongming delivered a keynote speech at the Internet Entrepreneurs Forum on November 21, emphasizing the profound impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on the Internet industry. He pointed out that the biggest change in the Internet industry this year is still the rapid development of AI technology.
Wu Yongming said that the greatest value of AI is not just to create one or two super apps on mobile phones, but to promote productivity changes in all walks of life. Developing AI requires building a prosperous technology, product and market ecosystem.
Currently, more than 300,000 companies have accessed Alibaba's Tongyi model, using AI technology to reshape code development, drug research and development, production and manufacturing and other industries. Wu Yongming pointed out that Alibaba adheres to the development concept of open source and believes that the industry does not need numerous basic large models, but requires open source models of different scales and fields to meet market needs.
Alibaba has currently released more than 100 open source models, with cumulative downloads exceeding 40 million times. In addition, the number of derivative models developed based on the "Tongyi Qianwen" model has exceeded 78,000, with more than 8 million active developers. Wu Yongming emphasized that the construction of the AI ecosystem must rely on strong infrastructure. Alibaba's intensive investment in AI infrastructure over the past year is showing results, and computing power costs are also continuing to decrease.
He also mentioned that the reduction of reasoning costs is the key to promoting the explosion of AI applications. In the past year, Alibaba Cloud's API call prices have dropped by 97%, providing customers with more economical services. Wu Yongming finally said that Alibaba will continue to work hard to reduce the cost of AI computing power to promote high-quality and sustainable development of the AI industry.
Highlight:
AI technology is a major change in the Internet industry this year, driving productivity changes.
Alibaba currently has 300,000 companies using Tongyi Big Model, and the number of open source models exceeds 100.
Inference costs have been significantly reduced, and Alibaba Cloud is committed to continuing to reduce AI computing power costs and promote industry development.
All in all, Wu Yongming's speech clearly demonstrated Alibaba's strategic layout and technical strength in the field of artificial intelligence, as well as its judgment on the future development trend of AI. Alibaba’s open source strategy and continued reduction of computing power costs will effectively promote the development and application of the entire AI industry.