The Chinese e-commerce group's statement came after the 21st Century Herald newspaper reported that Alibaba is developing a ChatGPT-like dialogue robot which is currently open to employees for testing.
Escorts Group, which makes agriculture-machinery, construction and material handling equipment among other products, has said there is no truth in rumours that some of its rivals are planning a hostile takeover of the company.
Search giant Google Inc has settled with US regulators investigating privacy problems that cropped up in its botched roll-out of social network Buzz, the Federal Trade Commission said on Wednesday.