Raffaele Huang

SINGAPORE—China's e-commerce juggernaut Alibaba Group is reigniting a yearslong effort to expand overseas as it seeks to offset a weakened grip on online retail at home.

Talkie, a chatbot mimicking celebrities, friends and romantic partners that is one of the U.S.'s most-downloaded AI apps this year, is owned by one of China's “Four Little AI Dragons.”

The Chinese telecom giant struggled at first under U.S. sanctions. Then Beijing stepped in, showing how hard it is to contain the country’s tech ambitions.

SINGAPORE—China's internet giants are betting billions on incubating the country's OpenAI challengers, with Alibaba Group and Tencent leading the charge.

Chinese technology companies cut off from the world’s most advanced chips for artificial-intelligence computing are rallying around an appealing message from industry pioneers: to make money, they might not necessarily need them.

Brokers are making overseas computing power available with a high degree of anonymity.

The closure will affect more than 1,000 people and the functions will move to other overseas facilities.

The company is at a disadvantage against phone makers offering artificial-intelligence services in China, where sales of iPhones have declined for four consecutive quarters.

The consulting firm is cutting back on state-linked clients and is working to separate its China operations

The Chinese company's latest device is coming next week as it pushes ahead in technology despite U.S. sanctions.