Alibaba’s cloud services subsidiary and Shanghai’s Fudan University establish new intelligent computing platform for AI initiatives

The new Computing for the Future at Fudan platform was designed to train large language models for the purpose of scientific research. Through that platform, Fudan University looks to build a number of models related to life sciences, material science and integrated circuits. — SCMP

Alibaba Group Holding’s cloud computing services subsidiary and Shanghai’s Fudan University have jointly launched what they describe as the country’s largest cloud-based scientific research and intelligent computing platform for universities, deepening the business unit’s ties with major public institutions and boosting its support for new artificial intelligence (AI) initiatives.

The new Computing for the Future at Fudan (CFFF) platform was designed to train large AI models, such as large language models (LLMs), for the purpose of scientific research, according to a statement published by Alibaba Cloud on Tuesday. Hangzhou-based parent Alibaba owns the South China Morning Post.