Alibaba is launching its own voice - activated personal assistants in China this year . Targeting the local market , the assistant will only speak online , rivalling Baidu 's Little Fish and JD.com 's smart Dong . Alibaba has invested heavily in artificial intelligence and machine learning and built up a significant amount of user data . Amazon , which has only around 1 % of the Chinese market , is yet to develop a Mandarin version of Alexa .
Alibaba is launching its own voice-activated personal assistant in China this week. Targeting the local market, the assistant will only speak Chinese, rivalling Baidu's Little Fish and JD.com's Ding Dong. Alibaba has invested heavily in artificial intelligence and machine learning and built up a significant store of consumer data. Amazon, which has only around 1% of the Chinese market, is yet to develop a Mandarin version of Alexa.