Alibaba ramps up talent search, employment for smart tech edge

Tech heavyweight bets on fast-evolving sector to transform its biz landscape

Chinese tech heavyweight Alibaba Group Holding Ltd is intensifying efforts to nurture and attract talent engaged in the artificial intelligence sector and stabilize employment, as the company is betting big on the fast-evolving sector to bring about transformative changes to its business landscape.

The company has kicked off its spring recruitment program, offering more than 3,000 internship openings for fresh graduates, with nearly half of these positions centered on AI. Some business departments reported even higher percentages of AI-related roles.

For instance, more than 80 percent of positions offered by Alibaba Cloud, Alibaba's cloud computing arm, are AI-focused. The AI-related positions from Amap, the mapping and local services business under Alibaba, account for about 65 percent of its total.