BUZZ — US — listed Alibaba rises after company launches AI agent platform for workplace

* US-listed shares of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba up 1.82% at $112.87% premarket * Company launches QwenWork, an AI agent platform for workplace productivity, in China * Alibaba says QwenWork is currently available for public beta testing in China via its official website * QwenWork will integrate with DingTalk, which is Alibaba's enterprise collaboration platform used by more than 20 million organizations * Company says platform combines desktop, cloud and enterprise agents with web development and image, video and audio generation * Alibaba's flagship Qwen3.8 model will be available on QwenWork from August 3 * As of last close, BABA down over 24.4% YTD (Reporting by Jayasree Prabhu) ((jayasree.prabhu@thomsonreuters.com)