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(Bloomberg) -- This week’s $29 billion US stock-market listing for SK Hynix Inc. may be the biggest-ever first-time share sale by a foreign company, but it isn’t just about raising cash. It’s also about competing in the hottest corner of the global stock market — memory chips used in AI computing.Most Read from BloombergWhy the Great American State Fair Looks So EmptyBrazil Freezes $2 Billion, Pursues Arrests After US SanctionOil’s Supply Wave, Tumbling Prices Rekindle Fears of Global GlutTanker

China's Kuaishou Technology said on Thursday a group of investors including Alibaba and Tencent will inject ‌over 19 billion yuan ($2.80 billion) in Kling AI, while ‌valuing the popular AI video arm at $15 billion on a pre-money basis. The fundraising ​underscores investors' appetite for China's fast-growing AI sector, which continues to attract billions of dollars in fresh capital. Technology companies have raised a total of $3.1 billion from stock market listings in China this ‌year to mid-June, ⁠more than five times the amount raised last year.

Chinese tech giant Alibaba has banned employees from using Anthropic's Claude Code at work after the tool drew scrutiny for features that can ‌help identify China-linked users, according to a person familiar with the order. The ban is part ‌of a deepening spat between the two companies after Anthropic accused Alibaba of illicitly extracting its Claude AI model capabilities — a dispute ​that highlights the frantic race between the U.S. and China to take the lead in artificial intelligence. Claude Code is Anthropic's AI coding assistant for software developers.

The Chinese tech giant Alibaba will pay $600 million to resolve a dispute with the U.S. government over allegations that the Hangzhou-based firm sold and imported illegal pharmaceuticals, controlled substances, regulated chemicals, and pill-making equipment into the U.S. Alibaba operates some of the world's largest e-commerce platforms, including Alibaba.com and AliExpress.com. The U.S. alleges that Alibaba’s U.S.-based payment processor, AUS Merchant Services, violated federal law by failing to prevent merchants from selling and importing illegal products into the U.S. through Alibaba.com and AliExpress.com.

The payment resolves allegations that Alibaba Group and AUS Merchant Services allowed merchants to sell and import illegal pharmaceuticals and other restricted items into the U.S.

(Bloomberg) -- Chip stocks are heading for their best quarter ever, extending an extraordinary start to the year driven by insatiable demand for artificial intelligence equipment. But after recent jitters sent the stocks tumbling, investors are wondering how much further the rally can go. Most Read from BloombergYen Hits Four-Decade Low in Historic Slide That’s Rattled JapanTrump’s U-Turn on Iran Sanctions Would Unravel Decades of CurbsWhatsApp Opens Username Reservations to 3 Billion UsersUS St

BEIJING, June 30 (Reuters) - China's food delivery giant Meituan said on Tuesday it had released and would open-source its next-generation LongCat large ‌language model, claiming it is the world's first trillion-parameter AI system trained and run ‌entirely on a 50,000-chip cluster powered by Chinese-made processors. Meituan, often compared to DoorDash, is a late entrant to China's crowded ​and well-funded AI sector, where rivals include DeepSeek and ByteDance's Doubao.

The clash over Claude could test Anthropic’s valuation by exposing how hard it is to protect frontier AI models after extraction.

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The Chinese giant isn't completely insulated from those higher tariffs and tighter restrictions.

U.S. stock markets are mostly headed for a month in the red amid a downbeat streak for technology names.

(Bloomberg) -- SK Hynix Inc.’s planned $29 billion US listing has arbitrage investors dissecting securities filings and peppering brokers with questions about a single unresolved issue: whether the Korean chipmaker’s American depository receipts can be freely exchanged for Seoul-listed shares, a feature that could determine whether price gaps persist between the two markets.Most Read from BloombergInvestor Who Scored 900% Win in 2008 Crisis Has New Big Short BetGrand Ole Opry House Up For Sale b

South Korea’s SK Hynix plans to issue American depositary receipts on Nasdaq. The world’s second-largest ​memory-chip maker said it is looking to raise more than $29 billion, and expects trading to begin July 10.

In a letter obtained by The Wall Street Journal, Anthropic alleged that Alibaba and its AI unit conducted “the largest known distillation attack” on the company to date.

(Bloomberg) -- Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. shares slid to a 16-month low in Hong Kong after Anthropic PBC accused the Chinese technology giant of “illicitly” accessing its artificial intelligence model. Most Read from BloombergInvestor Who Scored 900% Win in 2008 Crisis Has New Big Short BetStocks Slide as Wall Street Gets AI Wake-Up Call: Markets WrapStocks Climb Late After Micron’s Blowout Outlook: Markets WrapOracle Cut 21,000 Jobs in 12 Months, Says AI Replaced Some RolesGrand Ole Opry House

Anthropic has accused Chinese ecommerce giant Alibaba of obtaining illicit access to Claude by creating fake accounts designed to access the...

Anthropic has accused Chinese ecommerce giant Alibaba of obtaining illicit access to Claude by creating fake accounts designed to access the...

Anthropic ‌accused Alibaba, ‌the Chinese ​technology and e-commerce giant, of ‌illicitly ⁠extracting its Claude ⁠AI model ​capabilities, ​calling it ​the ‌largest known distillation attack on the company ‌to ​date, ​according ​to ‌a letter seen ​by ​Reuters.

The offering would be one of the biggest share sales in history, comparable to Saudi Aramco’s 2019 initial public offering and surpassing Alibaba’s U.S. ADR offering in 2014. Micron Technology shares were up about 10% in aftermarket trading. The chip maker reported fiscal third-quarter results after the close that beat consensus revenue and earnings estimates.

The Chinese tech giant Alibaba has sued the U.S. Department of Defense, demanding that it be removed from the Pentagon's list of Chinese military companies that prohibits them from landing U.S. defense contracts and carries reputational damage. In the petition filed this week in the San Jose division of the U.S. District Court in the Northern District of California, Alibaba, which is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange, argued that the designation, announced on June 8, has “no basis in fact or law" and that the Pentagon failed to reach its conclusion through any fair process. It is the latest lawsuit by a Chinese company against the Pentagon over such national security labels.

The chip maker is seeking to tap foreign investors to fund its expansion plans as the AI boom fuels a rush for advanced chips.

Chinese tech giant Alibaba has filed a federal lawsuit against the Defense Department for designating it a military-linked firm.

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(Bloomberg) -- SK Hynix Inc. is expected to submit a statement to Korea’s financial regulator for an offering of American Depositary Receipts, according to Korea Economic Daily.Most Read from BloombergStocks Slide as Wall Street Gets AI Wake-Up Call: Markets WrapOracle Cut 21,000 Jobs in 12 Months, Says AI Replaced Some RolesSpaceX Falls for Third Day, Erases $600 Billion in Market ValueKorean Stocks Tumble 10% as Extreme Volatility Rattles Investors‘FOMO Really Got Me’: Taiwanese Go Deep Into D

Investing.com -- Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. filed a lawsuit against the Department of Defense on Tuesday to remove itself from a blacklist that identifies the company as a supporter of the Chinese military.

June 23 () - Chinese ‌tech ‌and e-commerce ​giant Alibaba sued the ‌U. ⁠Department of ⁠Defense for ​designating ​it ​a "Chinese ‌military company," according to a ‌court ​filing ​on ​Tuesday.

Chinese tech and e-commerce giant Alibaba sued ‌the U.S. Department of ‌Defense for designations including saying it was ​a "Chinese military company," according to a court filing on Tuesday. "The determinations have no basis in ‌fact or law," ⁠Alibaba said in its lawsuit. "Alibaba is governed by ⁠an independent board, none of whom has any military affiliation."

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Memory giant Micron (MU) will report its third quarter earnings after the bell on Wednesday, providing another update on the broader AI build-out.