Alibaba has appointed Chief Technology Officer Wu Zeming to its influential steering committee, signaling a ramp-up in its artificial intelligence strategy. Wu joins co-founders Jack Ma and Joe Tsai in key decision-making roles.

Alibaba Group Holding chief technology officer (CTO) Wu Zeming has joined the company’s elite steering committee, joining co-founders Jack Ma and Joe Tsai in playing a central role in formulating the tech empire’s strategy. According to Alibaba’s website, the other members of the committee of the Alibaba Partnership are group CEO Eddie Wu Yongming and Jiang Fan, CEO of the e-commerce business unit. Born in 1982, the CTO represents a younger generation of tech executives climbing Alibaba’s...