Alibaba’s Amap Expands AI Ambitions With ‘World Models’ Beyond Text

Alibaba’s Amap Expands AI Ambitions With ‘World Models’ Beyond Text

  • January 8, 2026

A shift toward spatial intelligence Alibaba Group Holding is deepening its artificial intelligence ambitions by pushing beyond text based systems and into models that understand and simulate the physical world. Its mapping and navigation unit Amap is stepping up research into so called

SenseTime Shifts Toward Multimodal AI as It Aims to Reclaim Industry Leadership

SenseTime Shifts Toward Multimodal AI as It Aims to Reclaim Industry Leadership

  • December 11, 2025

SenseTime, one of China’s earliest artificial intelligence innovators, is refocusing its strategy as the global AI industry moves beyond pure language models and toward systems that can see, understand and act in the physical world. According to co founder and chief scientist Lin