New Alibaba CEO Eddie Wu sharpens focus on AI and users amid leadership reshuffle and spin-off efforts

Alibaba Group Holding will sharpen its strategic focuses on two main themes – “user first” and “artificial intelligence (AI)-driven” – as the Chinese tech giant grapples with growing competition and a shifting internet landscape, according to new group CEO Eddie Wu Yongming.

“As traditional internet models become increasingly homogeneous and face the competitive pressures of saturation, new technologies such as AI are emerging as the new engine of global business growth,” Wu, who assumed his…