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GameChange Solar selected to supply trackers for 1,290 MWp Bisha Solar PV Plant in Saudi Arabia

DUBAI, UAE, Feb. 4, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — GameChange Solar, a leading global supplier of solar tracker and fixed-tilt racking technology, announced that it has won an order to supply its Genius Tracker™ 1P system for the 1,290 MWp Bisha Solar PV Independent Power Plant in Saudi Arabia. The project is being developed by ACWA Power, with L&T appointed as the EPC partner.

GameChange Solar Genius Tracker
GameChange Solar Genius Tracker

The Bisha project is part of Saudi Arabia’s expanding renewable energy pipeline under the PIF programme, where meeting delivery timelines requires strong regional supply capability. GameChange Solar’s expanded manufacturing presence in Saudi Arabia, with 6 GW of annual capacity, strengthens the company’s ability to support large-scale projects with dependable regional supply.

Located in the Asir Province, the plant will deploy GameChange Solar’s advanced Genius Tracker™ 1P platform featuring SmartStow™, PowerBoost™ and WeatherSmart™ systems. These features ensure reliable performance in Saudi Arabia’s harsh climate, characterized by high wind speeds, unpredictable wind directions, hurricanes, and extreme heat.

“Bisha demands reliability, and that is what our platform is built to deliver. The experience we have across a wide range of projects, the consistency of our manufacturing and the operating results we’ve achieved globally form the foundation of our work here. Our focus is to support the Kingdom with technology that performs in real conditions,” said Vikas Bansal, CEO – International, GameChange Solar. “With this project, our collaboration with L&T crosses 2 GW. It is a significant milestone for us and reflects a working relationship built on clarity, accountability and long-term commitment. L&T is an important partner for us, and we value the trust they place in our team and our technology.”

“At L&T, our suppliers are integral to our value chain and project success. The inclusion of Gamechange Solar reflects our confidence in their capabilities and sustainable business practices. We look forward to a collaborative partnership that strengthens execution excellence and delivers superior value to our clients,” said Mr. A Ravindran, Senior Vice President & Head – Renewable IC, Larsen &Toubro Limited.

About GameChange Solar

GameChange Solar is one of the top three global providers of solar tracker solutions used in utility-scale and ground-mounted distributed generation solar projects around the world. We have delivered over 53 GW of solar tracker and fixed tilt systems that combine fast installation, bankable quality, and unbeatable value through superior engineering, innovative design, and high-volume manufacturing. Our products enable solar panels at power plants to follow the sun’s movement across the sky and optimize plant performance while protecting the array from damaging weather conditions.

For more information about GameChange Solar and its solar tracking solutions, visit www.gamechangesolar.com.

Media Contact
Nisha Wadhwani
Lead – Marketing, GameChange Solar
nisha.wadhwani@gamechangesolar.com

 

SKT’s Haein Gains Momentum as a Core Driver of Korea’s AI Strategy

–  The company celebrates six months since the launch of Haein, its GPU cluster designed to support large-scale AI workloads and foundation model development.

–  Haein is differentiated by an integrated full stack software platform — including Petasus AI Cloud, AI Cloud Manager, and GPUaaS Service Orchestrator — streamlining AI infrastructure deployment and operations.

–  Haein’s GPUaaS is being utilized for the Korean Government’s Sovereign AI Foundation Model Project, supporting the development of globally competitive and nationally strategic AI models.

SEOUL, South Korea, Feb. 4, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — SK Telecom (NYSE: SKM) today marked the six-month anniversary of Haein, its GPU cluster built for GPUaaS, launched on August 1, 2025, designed to support large-scale AI workloads and the development of advanced AI models.

The name Haein is inspired by Haeinsa Temple, home to the Tripitaka Koreana (Palman Daejanggyeong) — one of the world’s most complete and enduring collections of Buddhist scriptures. SK Telecom chose the name to reflect its vision of building a foundational AI infrastructure that enables the creation, accumulation, and responsible use of knowledge over time.

Since its launch, Haein has become a core GPU computing platform supporting Korea’s AI initiatives, including foundation model development and large-scale AI training. Over the past six months, the cluster has progressed from initial deployment to stable operations, enabling faster experimentation, improved training efficiency, and scalable collaboration across teams and partners.

A key differentiator of SKT Haein Cluster is its fully integrated full stack software, comprising Petasus AI Cloud, AI Cloud Manager, GPUaaS Service Orchestrator. Together, these components form an end-to-end platform optimized for complex AI workloads, allowing customers to move seamlessly from infrastructure provisioning to model development and deployment.

At the infrastructure layer, Petasus AI Cloud provides a high-performance, AI-optimized data center virtualization platform that supports heterogeneous xPU environments, including GPUs and CPUs. Its Dynamic Allocation technology enables flexible partitioning and assignment of large GPU clusters by virtualizing various transport protocols such as NVLink, InfiniBand, and RoCEv2, thereby enhancing security, performance, and resource efficiency.

Through Petasus AI Cloud’s virtualization features, Haein provides each customer with a fully segregated environment by logically isolating both the GPU and network fabric at the tenancy level. This process takes less than an hour to prepare an isolated environment, compared to physical isolation, which can take several days to weeks depending on the size of the cluster.

Building on this foundation, AI Cloud Manager simplifies large-scale AI training through intelligent job scheduling and multi-tenant user environment, enabling multiple teams to train massive models concurrently on shared GPU clusters while maintaining predictable performance and optimal utilization.

The GPUaaS Service Orchestrator provides unified, real-time visibility into GPU, network, and storage resources, delivering actionable insights that help customers run their AI jobs in a more stable and efficient manner. This enables customers to develop models and bring them to market faster, while allowing SK Telecom to minimize operational overhead and total cost of ownership (TCO).

By fully integrating these software layers, Haein streamlines the traditionally complex process of configuring and validating multiple infrastructure tools. This integration significantly reduces deployment lead times and mitigates economic losses associated with delayed fault detection. Furthermore, Haein’s comprehensive monitoring and AI-driven anomaly detection capabilities—delivered through the GPUaaS Observability solution—enable immediate identification of failures and rapid service restoration, minimizing customer downtime and ensuring reliable service continuity.

In August 2025, Haein was selected for a national initiative aimed at strengthening the foundation for developing globally competitive AI foundation models. Through this initiative, Haein has been actively utilized as a core AI computing infrastructure supporting large-scale AI model training and experimentation under Korea’s Sovereign AI Foundation Model Project.

About SK Telecom

SK Telecom has been leading the growth of the mobile industry since 1984. Now, it is taking customer experience to new heights by extending beyond connectivity. By placing AI at the core of its business, SK Telecom is rapidly transforming into an AI company with a strong global presence. It is focusing on driving innovations in areas of AI Infrastructure, AI Transformation (AIX) and AI Service to deliver greater value for industry, society, and life.

For more information, please contact skt_press@sk.com or visit our LinkedIn page www.linkedin.com/company/sk-telecom.

NCCN Commemorates World Cancer Day with New Commitment to Update Patient Resources

The National Comprehensive Cancer Network pledges to update robust information resources for cancer patients and caregivers on an annual basis in both English and Spanish.

PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa., Feb. 4, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — The National Comprehensive Cancer Network® (NCCN®)—an alliance of leading cancer centers based in the United States—and the NCCN Foundation® is honoring World Cancer Day with an announcement about more frequent updates to its free educational resources intended to empower shared decision-making.

Learn more about NCCN's World Cancer Day patient information announcement at NCCN.org/wcd.
Learn more about NCCN’s World Cancer Day patient information announcement at NCCN.org/wcd.

World Cancer Day is an international day observed every February 4th to raise awareness about cancer, encourage its prevention, and mobilize action. The day is led by the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC)—of which NCCN is a member. This is the second year of the “United by Unique” campaign to place people at the center of care and their stories at the heart of the conversation.

“We are so happy to be announcing, on World Cancer Day, that all of our comprehensive patient information books will now be updated once a year, and be made available in English and Spanish,” said Crystal S. Denlinger, MD, Chief Executive Officer, NCCN. “At NCCN, we recognize that every person is unique in their experience with cancer and their individual circumstances, hopes, needs, and priorities. At the same time, we all stand united in our need for factual, trustworthy information to guide us towards our best possible outcome.”

Dr. Denlinger continued: “The NCCN Guidelines for Patients are based on the essential, evidence-based, expert consensus-driven guidelines that providers rely on all over the world to stay current on the very latest in cancer care. These award-winning resources present all of the treatment options in plain language, with pictures, a glossary, and suggested questions to ask, so patients and caregivers can make informed choices that are best for them in collaboration with their health care team.”

The library of NCCN Guidelines for Patients® includes more than 70 different guidebooks covering cancer prevention, screening, diagnosis, treatment, and supportive care for nearly every type of cancer. Each book contains vetted information explaining every step of the care journey from diagnosis through survivorship in language that is easy to understand.

All NCCN Guidelines for Patients® are available for free download online at NCCN.org/patients or by app thanks to funding from the NCCN Foundation®.

The NCCN Guidelines for Patients contain the same information as the NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (NCCN Guidelines®) used by clinicians daily, which have been independently found to be associated with better outcomes, longer survival, and lower costs. The patient guidelines help everyone get on the same page, ensuring all are aware of any treatment choices available, enabling patients to advocate for their own best care. In 2025, the patient guidelines were utilized by more than 2.1 million people and downloaded more than 2.6 million times.

For 2026, NCCN is accelerating the publication schedule to make sure every book is updated annually to keep up with the changing field of cancer care, with 100% available in more than one language. As of World Cancer Day, 81% of the books are available in both English and Spanish, with another 11 languages represented across various topics.

“If knowledge is power, we want to put that power in the hands of every person who needs it—whether they have been diagnosed with cancer themselves, have a friend, colleague, or loved one who’s been diagnosed, or are just looking for more information on prevention and screening before cancer symptoms occur,” said Patrick Delaney, Executive Director of the NCCN Foundation. “We are also happy to work with employers as well as faith-based and community leaders to help them provide comfort and support to anyone in their network who may be dealing with this difficult disease.”

Visit NCCN.org/patients to learn about and access all of the free resources available, and click NCCN.org/foundation for more on how to support endeavors that help all people to live better lives though quality, effective, equitable, and accessible cancer care and prevention.

About the National Comprehensive Cancer Network
The National Comprehensive Cancer Network® (NCCN®) is a not-for-profit alliance of leading cancer centers devoted to patient care, research, and education. NCCN is dedicated to defining and advancing quality, effective, equitable, and accessible cancer care and prevention so all people can live better lives. The NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (NCCN Guidelines®) provide transparent, evidence-based, expert consensus-driven recommendations for cancer treatment, prevention, and supportive services; they are the recognized standard for clinical direction and policy in cancer management and the most thorough and frequently-updated clinical practice guidelines available in any area of medicine. The NCCN Guidelines for Patients® provide expert cancer treatment information to inform and empower patients and caregivers, through support from the NCCN Foundation®. NCCN also advances continuing education, global initiatives, policy, and research collaboration and publication in oncology. Visit NCCN.org for more information.

About the NCCN Foundation
The NCCN Foundation empowers people with cancer and their caregivers by delivering unbiased expert guidance from the world’s leading cancer experts through the library of NCCN Guidelines for Patients® and other patient education resources. The NCCN Foundation is also committed to advancing cancer treatment by funding the nation’s promising young investigators at the forefront of cancer research. For more information about the NCCN Foundation, visit nccnfoundation.org.

Media Contact: 
Rachel Darwin
267-622-6624
darwin@nccn.org

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Jinko ESS Receives IEC 62443-2-4 Cybersecurity Certification

CAMPBELL, Calif., Feb. 4, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. (the “Company”), JinkoSolar, a global leader in clean energy technology, today announced that its Jinko ESS North American business unit has received IEC 62443-2-4 certification from exida, a globally recognized authority in industrial cybersecurity and functional safety.

IEC 62443-2-4 is an internationally respected standard that defines best practices for secure development lifecycle (SDL) processes for service providers of industrial automation and control systems. Certification confirms that cybersecurity is not treated as a bolt-on feature but is embedded across system design, development, integration, testing, deployment, and lifecycle management. 

Unlike companies that retrofit cybersecurity in response to regulation or market pressure, Jinko ESS has championed a “secure by design” philosophy across its energy storage products, systems, and processes since the inception of its ESS business. Over time, Jinko ESS has doubled down on investment in cybersecurity governance, engineering, and controls, recognizing early that energy infrastructure demands the same rigor as critical industrial systems.

“Cybersecurity is not simply a department at Jinko ESS. It is a foundational design principle,” said Jeff Juger, U.S. Managing Director of Jinko ESS. “From architecture decisions to supplier management to incident response planning, cybersecurity is ingrained into how we operate.”

IEC 62443-2-4 certification validates that Jinko ESS operates a formal, audited secure development lifecycle; integrates threat modeling, risk assessment, and secure supply chain; maintains controlled vulnerability management and patching processes; and applies cybersecurity controls across 3Ps: people, process, and products. This independent assessment confirms that Jinko ESS’s cybersecurity practices meet the rigorous standards of utilities, data centers, regulators, and sophisticated enterprise customers operating in high-risk environments.

“True security is found in the process, not just the product,” added Michael Medoff, Director of Certification at exida. “By achieving IEC 62443-2-4 certification, Jinko ESS has proven they have the rigorous system Integration and Maintenance processes and governance required to protect critical infrastructure. This independent validation gives utilities and enterprise customers the confidence that security is ingrained in every step of their partner’s service lifecycle.”

About JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd.

JinkoSolar (NYSE: JKS) is one of the largest and most innovative solar module manufacturers in the world. JinkoSolar distributes its solar products and sells its solutions and services to a utility-scale, commercial and residential customer base in China, the United States, Japan, Germany, the United Kingdom, Chile, South Africa, India, Mexico, Brazil, the United Arab Emirates, Italy, Spain, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Poland, Austria, Switzerland, Greece and other countries and regions.

JinkoSolar had over 10 productions facilities globally, over 20 overseas subsidiaries in Japan, South Korea, Vietnam, India, Turkey, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, the United States, Mexico, and other countries, and a global sales network with sales teams in China, the United States, Canada, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Italy, Germany, Turkey, Spain, Japan, the United Arab Emirates, Netherlands, Vietnam and India, as of September 30, 2025.

To find out more, please see: www.jinkosolar.com

About exida

exida is the leading global automation safety and cybersecurity certification company. Founded in 2000, exida is widely recognized for its expertise in functional safety, cybersecurity, and availability for industrial automation and control systems. exida offers certification, assessment, training, and consulting services in accordance with international standards including IEC 61508, IEC 62443, ISO 26262, and related standards. exida operates globally with offices in the United States, Europe, Australia, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia, serving manufacturers, asset owners, integrators, and service providers across critical infrastructure industries.

For investor and media inquiries, please contact:

In China:

Ms. Stella Wang
JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd.
Tel: +86 21-5180-8777 ext.7806
Email: ir@jinkosolar.com 

Mr. Christian Arnell
Christensen
Tel: +852 2117 0861
Email: christian.arnell@christensencomms.com

In the U.S.:

Email: jinko@christensencomms.com

SuperX Strengthens Japan Presence to Explore AI Data Center Projects with Local Partners

Leveraging Modular Architecture to Accelerate Japan’s AI Infrastructure Development.

OSAKA, Japan, Feb. 4, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — SuperX Industries Co., Ltd. (“SuperX”), a Japanese subsidiary of SuperX AI Technology Limited (“NASDAQ:SUPX”), today announced the signing of an Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) on February 4, 2026 with Digital Dynamic Inc. (“DD”), eole Inc. (“eole”), and Woodman Inc. (“Woodman”). This MOU builds on the parties’ prior cooperation to establish a comprehensive framework for the co-development of large-scale AI Data Centers (AIDC) across Japan.

Advancing the Mie Prefecture Pilot Project

Following the first MOU signed on January 30, 2026 in Osaka, Japan, the Parties entered into the MOU to further deepen collaboration by establishing a joint task force to pilot an AIDC project in Mie Prefecture, Japan with an initial facility capacity up to 4MW, subject to feasibility assessments, site conditions, regulatory approvals, and the execution of definitive agreements. The pilot initiative is intended to serve as a starting point for assessing potential future expansion up to 300MW in total capacity.

Addressing Japan’s AI Infrastructure Bottleneck

The shift toward modular architecture directly addresses Japan’s growing demand for the expansion of domestic AI capacity on an accelerated timeline. Unlike traditional “brick-and-mortar” builds that can take years to complete, SuperX’s modular approach accelerates deployment by reducing construction timelines significantly. This new pilot project is designed to be purpose-built for next-generation, liquid-cooled GPUs—capabilities often lacking in legacy data centers.

Scalable delivery and reliable operations

Pursuant to the MOU, the Parties intend to collaborate on the system-level integration of critical infrastructure, including advanced power systems and liquid cooling solutions essential for continuous AI workloads. The framework also contemplates the future integration of renewable energy components, such as solar and wind power, energy storage systems, and grid interconnection, subject to site conditions, commercial viability and regulatory approvals.

To facilitate execution, a joint task force is expected to be established to define technical architecture, governance, and near-term milestones. SuperX will lead the provision of the modular system architecture and power system integration.

Executive quote

“Speed-to-market is the new currency in the AI race,” said Aiko Furukawa, the CEO of SuperX Industries Co. Limited. “This pilot project in Mie Prefecture is intended to demonstrate how we can deploy AI infrastructure with speed. Alongside our partners, we aim to demonstrate that modular scalability is the most viable path to meeting Japan’s surging demand for AI.”

Looking ahead

Looking forward, the Parties intend to use the initial pilot as a reference framework to evaluate broader modular AIDC opportunities across Japan, including scalable pathways for expansion—subject to further feasibility assessments, regulatory approvals, site conditions, and the negotiation and execution of definitive agreements.

About Digital Dynamic Inc

Digital Dynamic Inc. is one of Japan’s fastest-growing AI infrastructure operators, with a rapidly expanding deployment of NVIDIA-based inference GPU resources.
In 2026, the company plans to complete AI data centers in Kagoshima Prefecture and Fukushima Prefecture, reinforcing Japan’s next-generation AI computing foundation.

About eole Inc

eole Inc. is a publicly listed company in Japan with a rapidly growing presence in the domestic GPU server market. The company provides investment and business development support for AI data center development projects, playing an active role in advancing Japan’s AI infrastructure ecosystem.

About Woodman Inc

WOODMAN Inc. is a Japanese technology company focusing on eliminating societal waste by transforming underutilized resources, such as surplus electricity and computing power, into new value. They specialize in constructing optimized computing environments for AI and HPC (High-Performance Computing), bridging the gap between energy infrastructure and, previously, blockchain hardware.

About SuperX AI Technology Limited (NASDAQ:SUPX)

SuperX AI Technology Limited is an AI infrastructure solutions provider, offering a comprehensive portfolio of proprietary hardware, advanced software, and end-to-end services for AI data centers. The Company’s services include advanced solution design and planning, cost-effective infrastructure product integration, and end-to-end operations and maintenance. Its core products include high-performance AI servers, 800 Volts Direct Current (800VDC) solutions, high-density liquid cooling solutions, as well as AI cloud and AI agents. Headquartered in Singapore, the Company serves institutional clients globally, including enterprises, research institutions, and cloud and edge computing deployments. For more information, please visit www.superx.sg

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Atradius N.V.: Global trade depends on confidence in monetary policy stability

  • Concerns over pressure on the Fed are adding a new layer of risk to the global trade outlook
  • Markets remain orderly as investors continue to expect data-driven US monetary policy

AMSTERDAM, Feb. 4, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Recent developments surrounding the leadership of the US Federal Reserve have underscored the importance of institutional stability for global trade and financing conditions. While financial markets have reacted calmly so far, confidence in monetary policy remains a key anchor for cross-border business activity.

For internationally active companies, predictable funding costs, stable currencies and reliable buyer behaviour are essential. These conditions are closely linked to the credibility of monetary policy frameworks, particularly in the United States, whose interest rate decisions continue to shape global capital flows and trade finance conditions. Current market pricing suggests that investors still expect US monetary policy to be guided primarily by economic data rather than external pressures. Inflation expectations remain contained, long-term borrowing costs are stable, and global growth continues at a moderate pace.

Atradius forecasts global GDP growth of 2.8% in 2026 and 2.9% in 2027, with US growth holding at around 2.0% in both years. Against this backdrop, Atradius does not expect the Federal Reserve to make abrupt changes to interest rates. “Current trends suggest policy is likely to remain unchanged in the near term, with a maximum of two further quarter-point reductions anticipated in 2026,” says John Lorié, Chief Economist at Atradius.

However, periods of institutional transition can introduce additional uncertainty. If confidence in policy credibility were to weaken, the impact could extend beyond financial markets into the real economy. Higher perceived risk may translate into rising borrowing costs, increased currency volatility and changes in buyer payment behaviour, affecting trade flows and access to finance.

“As of now, investors in both equity and bond markets do not anticipate major federal influence on the Federal Reserve,” adds Lorié. “But if that changes, borrowing costs could rise due to higher inflation and uncertainty premiums.”

For now, global markets remain orderly. Companies that actively manage credit risk and financing exposure are better positioned to navigate uncertainty and sustain international trade. 

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Alibaba Brings Cloud-Based AI Innovation to the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026

  • New AI and cloud technologies support smarter, faster, and more efficient Olympic broadcasting worldwide
  • Alibaba’s Qwen powers the first use of LLM technology at the Olympics and a next-generation Olympic archive

MILAN, ITALY – Media OutReach Newswire – 4 February 2026 – Alibaba Cloud, the digital technology and intelligence backbone of Alibaba Group, is partnering with Olympic Broadcasting Services (OBS) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to deploy advanced cloud and AI technologies for the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026.

Building on deployments at Tokyo 2020, Beijing 2022, and Paris 2024, the collaboration marks another step in the IOC’s transition toward cloud-based, AI-enabled broadcasting. These technologies are designed to enhance viewing experience for global audiences, improve operational efficiency for broadcasters, and create new ways to capture, manage, and preserve Olympic content at scale.

Dr. Feifei Li, Senior Vice President of Alibaba Cloud Intelligence Group, President of International Business, said: “Each Olympic Games presents unique challenges in scale, geography, and complexity. For Milano Cortina 2026, we are applying cloud and AI capabilities to make broadcasts more dynamic, workflows more efficient, and Olympic moments more accessible to audiences around the world.”

Better Views: The New Instant Replay System
For Milano Cortina 2026, Alibaba Cloud is introducing upgraded Real-Time 360º Replay systems that deliverimmersive replays with fluid camera movement and stroboscopic visual effects. Powered by AI algorithm that separate athletes from complex backgrounds such as snow and ice, the system enables three-dimensional reconstructions of key moments in as little as 15-20 seconds—fast enough for live broadcast use.

The system will be deployed across 17 sports and disciplines, including ice hockey, freestyle skiing, figure skating, and ski jumping. In addition to the BulletTime effects first introduced at Beijing 2022 to provide frame-freeze and slow-motion views, the platform now features a new Spacetime Slices capability that visualizes multiple phases of an athlete’s movement in a single composite image, allowing viewers to better understand technique and performance.

Faster Processing and Enhanced Searchability: The New Media System
OBS is currently in the early development phase of the Automatic Media Description (AMD) System powered by Alibaba’s Qwen advanced large language model. The system automatically identifies athletes and key moments, generates event descriptions, and tags video assets within seconds, significantly reducing manual processing time.

Using natural-language queries, such as “find the figure skating gold medal performance,” the OBS teams can retrieve this information almost instantly. The system improves searchability, and enables OBS teams to more easily find, develop and distribute Olympic stories across platforms.

Cloud Broadcasting: A New Standard
Cloud-based broadcasting continues to expand at Milano Cortina 2026. Since its introduction at Tokyo 2020, OBS Live Cloud has evolved from an optional service to a core distribution platform. At the Paris 2024 Games, it became the primary method for remote broadcast delivery.

For Milano Cortina 2026, the Live Cloud platform will support 39 broadcasters, delivering 428 live video feeds, including 26 in ultra-high definition streams, along with 72 audio feeds. By replacing traditional satellite links and dedicated transmission lines, cloud-based delivery reduces cost, setup time, and technical complexity, while improving flexibility and resilience.

For the first time, the OBS Olympic Video Player (OVP) will deliver high-definition live streams using Alibaba Cloud’s infrastructure, enabling smaller broadcasters to access professional-grade broadcast capabilities without heavy upfront investment.

Yiannis Exarchos, CEO, Olympic Broadcasting Services, said “Alibaba Cloud provides the foundation that makes large-scale AI possible, making our operations more efficient and unlocking new opportunities to enhance viewers’ experience and deepen their understanding of the sport and athletes’ performances on the world’s biggest stage.”

More Digital Content Than Ever
Milano Cortina 2026 will also see the largest volume of ready-to-use digital assets in Olympic history. More than 5,000 short-form pieces, including behind-the-scenes footage, highlights, and emotional reactions, will be distributed through OBS Content+, a cloud-based platform powered by Alibaba Cloud.

The platform’s advanced discovery tool allows teams worldwide to locate, edit, and publish content efficiently, regardless of location.

First Use of LLM Technologies at the Olympics and Next-Generation Olympic Archive with Alibaba’s Qwen
For Milano Cortina 2026, the IOC has introduced its first large-language-model-based system in Olympic history, powered by Alibaba’s Qwen models. The initiative, known as “Olympic AI Assistants,” supports fan engagement worldwide and internal operations across the Olympic ecosystem.

The Olympic AI Assistant, embedded on the IOC’s global website olympics.com, provides multilingual conversational support, real-time event information allowing fans to access official Olympic Games content through a chat-based interface.

The same Qwen-powered technology is being deployed at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, where visitors will have access to personalized AI audio guides that enhance the museum experience.

Internally, the IOC has launched an AI Assistant – powered by Alibaba’s Qwen large language model—on its secure portal for National Olympic Committees (NOCs). The AI tool enables NOC staff to locate documents, policies, and grant guidelines through natural language queries, with built-in multilingual translation support.

In parallel, Alibaba Cloud continues to enhance Sports AI, a cloud-based media archiving solution first introduced at the Paris 2024 Games. The upgraded solution includes AI tagging, video search, and conversational search, making the Olympics archive instantly searchable and more accessible.

Managing more than eight petabytes of historical Olympic media, the system utilizes Alibaba Cloud’s proprietary AI algorithms to automate tagging, categorization, and multimodal search across decades of content. New conversational search capabilities, powered by Alibaba’s Qwen, allow users to retrieve specific clips using simple spoken or written commands.

By integrating with the IOC’s media asset platform, Flex, the solution enables fully automatic tagging of Olympic multimedia assets, turning previously unused media assets into a living, searchable knowledge library.

Ilario Corna, Chief Technology and Information Officer, International Olympic Committee, said: “Milano Cortina 2026 marks a defining moment in the integration of AI into the Olympic Movement. Alibaba Cloud has been incredible in putting these leading capabilities to work in very practical, helpful ways—not only enhancing the everyday experience for our fans through first use of LLM technologies at the Olympics, but building intelligent systems such as Sports AI that will preserve historic Olympic moments for generations to come.

Leveraging Alibaba’s cloud-based technologies, we have progressed way beyond digitalization for efficiency to using technologies to transform the entire Olympic experience through AI innovations. The tangible benefits brought by cloud and AI are now visible not only to the IOC, NOCs, OBS and Right Holding Broadcasters, but also to audience and sports fans worldwide.”

Since Alibaba Group became a Worldwide TOP Partner of the IOC in 2017, Alibaba Cloud has played an increasingly central role in how the Olympic Games are delivered, experienced, and remembered—helping to place cloud computing and AI at the core of the world’s largest sporting event.

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About Alibaba Cloud

Alibaba Cloud () is a global leader in full-stack artificial intelligence services, offering state-of-the-art intelligent capabilities and a worldwide AI cloud computing network, providing developer-friendly AI services across the globe. Qwen (Chinese: Tongyi Qianwen) is a family of large language and multimodal AI models developed by Alibaba. Debuted in 2023, open-weight Qwen models are available to global developers via HuggingFace and ModelScope.

Skywork has launched “Skywork Desktop” globally, enabling Windows PCs to hire an AI employee

SINGAPORE, Feb. 4, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — On February 4, Skywork launched Skywork Desktop, bringing the full Skywork experience to desktop users worldwide.


Skywork Desktop Edition executes tasks directly on local machines, eliminating the need to upload files to the cloud. It can directly read massive amounts of files on computers, summarize and organize them, and generate new outputs based on the content. Furthermore, it focuses on “content understanding” rather than “file format”: whether it’s images, videos, spreadsheets, PPTs, or various document files, they can all be understood, categorized, and tasked with under a unified semantic layer, and it supports multi-tasking in parallel.

Skywork Desktop is designed to push the limits of AI productivity and usher in the next era of AI Agents.

In May 2025, Skywork launched Skywork Super Agents (the web version of Skywork), an “AI-powered Office” for the world, which greatly improved the work efficiency of nearly 100 million users.

The official launch of Skywork desktop version now pushes AI productivity to the next level, enabling AI agents to proactively understand users’ intentions and respond to their work needs, rather than just passively waiting for instructions.

Skywork Desktop aims to reach and integrate into the last mile of desktop computing, becoming an OS assistant for everyone’s work.

More importantly, Skywork is released to global users and is compatible with Windows systems and international office environments, aiming to enable domestically developed technologies to run in the world’s most advanced office scenarios and penetrate into the last mile of everyone’s work.

Beyond local execution, Skywork Desktop aims to create more powerful, advanced desktop AI.

Currently, Skywork Desktop aims to provide a more intelligent and powerful advanced desktop AI. Compared to the current product, Skywork Desktop offers the following key features:

1.  Native Windows coverage, a desktop AI that better understands Windows users.

To meet the needs of a large number of Windows users and work scenarios, Skywork Desktop prioritizes support for Windows systems. It can directly handle local historical files and complex project scenarios without migration or adaptation, making it a perfect fit for real office environments.

2.  Supports Claude and Gemini models, giving users “freedom to choose their model”.

Skywork desktop version supports not only Claude models but also Gemini models. To fully leverage Gemini’s advantages in full-modal understanding and generation, users can choose between Claude Opus 4.5, Claude Sonnet 4.5, and Gemini 3 Pro models, or enable…“auto” mode. The system automatically selects the most suitable model for each task, improving both efficiency and accuracy.

3.  Autonomously invokes a massive number of skills, intelligently and flexibly selecting models and skills.

To break down the barriers between “thinking” and “execution,” Skywork Desktop Edition integrates over 100 carefully selected, truly useful skills, covering categories such as Office suite generation, webpage generation, image generation, and video generation.

The system automatically filters and recommends the most suitable skills and models based on each task, improving multitasking efficiency and simplifying user operations. Users can also manually select skills and models as needed, ensuring greater flexibility in complex multi-tasking scenarios.

In addition to having more advanced and intelligent models and functional designs in the initial product configuration, Skywork desktop version still has significant improvements in task generation quality and performance.

It can not only smoothly advance and execute tasks such as “desktop cross-file understanding and delivery, cross-format office work, and multimodal content production” locally, but also significantly surpasses the industry-leading level in the following three aspects:

4.  Superior image/video generation capabilities.

Skywork desktop generates higher quality and more semantically accurate images/videos. Users can achieve more professional and expressive results in multimodal tasks in office and creative scenarios.

5.  Improved processing speed.

Leveraging the Gemini model, Skywork Desktop’s task processing speed significantly outperforms current industry standards. In “auto” mode, Skywork Desktop executes tasks rapidly, making office work more efficient and eliminating waiting times!

6.  Safe and controllable, becoming a reliable AI personal desktop assistant.

All operations in Skywork Desktop are completed in a local virtual machine isolation environment, eliminating the need to upload files to the cloud. This reduces the risk of data leakage and ensures the security of original files through virtualization isolation, preventing accidental deletion, corruption, and other issues, achieving “data doesn’t go away, security is always with you.”

In addition, all tasks generate content based on local documents, reducing erroneous output caused by online searches or blind reasoning; the operation checklist is confirmed with the user before the task is executed to ensure that the results meet expectations, making Skywork Desktop more controllable and reliable.

We welcome customers from different industries and positions with diverse needs to join us in exploring the infinite possibilities of Skywork.

Access & Contact

Skywork Super Agents (Web Version) Official Website:
https://skywork.ai/

Skywork Desktop Official Website:
https://skywork.ai/desktop

Skywork Cooperation & Business Inquiries:
feedback@skywork.ai