Huawei brushes aside accusations of copying Alibaba AI model

China IP issues in spotlight as development ripples through domestic tech industry

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Huawei announced a slate of new large language models in June, which it said were developed in-house. (Huawei)

ITSURO FUJINO, SHOGO SUGIYAMA and RYOSUKE EGUCHI

GUANGZHOU/TOKYO -- China's Huawei Technologies has been accused of copying an Alibaba Group artificial intelligence large language model for its own AI, a development that has roiled the Chinese tech industry and cast a light on intellectual property issues in cutting-edge fields.

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