Alibaba announces partnership with Nvidia despite Beijing’s bans — Chinese e-commerce giant is prioritizing AI with plans for global expansion

Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba announced that it’s partnering with Nvidia to fuel its data center expansion across the globe and the introduction of new AI products. Reuters reports that the company is now prioritizing artificial intelligence as part of its core business, which will put it on par with the company’s online retail and wholesale business that made it the tech giant it is today. The announcement seems to imply a direct contravention of Beijing’s directive that bans its biggest…