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Alibaba Cloud ranks first in China's gaming cloud market overall and in six segments

Recently, the latest "China Game Cloud Market Tracking Research, 2026H1" report released by International Data Corporation (IDC) shows that in the first half of 2026, Alibaba Cloud ranked first in the overall market with a market share of 37%, and ranked first in the six major market segments of infrastructure IaaS+CDN, infrastructure IaaS+ solution, infrastructure IaaS, solution, general cloud platform, and cloud gaming platform. Among them, in the game cloud infrastructure market, Alibaba Cloud accounts for 40%; in the game cloud solutions market, Alibaba Cloud accounts for 44%. Focusing on game R&D, operations, and overseas expansion, Alibaba Cloud provides full-stack AI technology from chips, cloud infrastructure, basic models to MaaS and agents. At the agent level, the application of AI is moving from code assistance to specific positions and team workflow. The level planning team of Buming Technology, the developer of "War Intent", uses Qoder to generate the Lua scripts required for troop lines, task triggering and performance control based on natural language requirements. After manual review and in-game execution verification, the level planning team implements the level logic, allowing planners who are familiar with scene design but not good at programming to directly participate in the production of runnable scripts. At the MaaS level, model capabilities have begun to enter the office, customer service and marketing processes of game companies. "Crazy Water World" owned by Yishijie has accessed the multi-model ecosystem through the Qianwen AI platform, built office agents and customer service efficiency solutions, and combined with Wanjingshi's AIGC video capabilities, expanded game advertising materials into short comics and creative ads, shortened the creative iteration cycle and reduced material production costs; for small and medium-sized teams and independent developers, Alibaba Cloud's cooperation with TapTap further connects model capabilities and game creation platforms. By accessing Alibaba models such as Qwen-Image-3.0, Wan3.0 and Qwen3.8-Max, T

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Military

AI has made it ‘close to impossible’ to assess university coursework, regulator says

Office for Students says institutions in England should return to traditional exams and in-person presentations Universities should go back to traditional exams and in-person presentations to grade students after lecturers complained that AI has made it “close to impossible” to assess coursework, according to an investigation by England’s higher education regulator. The Office for Students (OfS) said the credibility of degrees from England’s universities was under threat from the prolific use of AI in essays, dissertations and “open book” exams, with students reporting that their peers boasted

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Politics

For Trump, Musk and Farage, the message is the same: voters don’t want to be hijacked by billionaires | Rafael Behr

A lesson from the US midterms is that electorates are repelled by the arrogant mega-rich buying democracy. This is a fight Labour can afford to pick For most people, $224m (£168m) is a lot of money, especially if you spend it and get nothing in return. But Elon Musk is richer than most people. In fact, there is no one richer. As the wealthiest of the US’s tech oligarchs Musk could afford to blow huge sums on a failed bid to prop up Republican candidates in Texas, his adoptive home state, in last week’s midterm congressional elections. He is reported to have spent a further $250m failing to eng

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