Alibaba Unveils AI-Powered Conversational Sourcing Engine
Summary
Alibaba International launches AI-powered conversational sourcing engine, anticipated to make its debut this September. Leveraging the latest advancements in AI technology, Alibaba International’s new sourcing engine is laser-focused on B2B e-commerce. Kuo Zhang, president of Alibaba.com, shared in media interviews in Paris during the Olympics: “Traditional search engines evaluate web page importance through interlinking, credibility and ad spend. In this AI era, the B2B sourcing engine offers an intuitive and organic way to query, as well as rapidly and accurately match business buyers and business sellers based on their proven track record.” • The conversational sourcing engine has been fine-tuned using over one billion product listings and industry-specific knowledge compiled from platforms and beyond. • This solution tackles the inefficiencies of conventional search methodologies which are often time-consuming, manually intensive, and involve laborious data categorization processes merely to locate suitable business partners and products.