SHANGHAI: US restrictions on advanced computer chips are forcing China's tech giants to rethink their ambitious artificial intelligence (AI)-powered projects, analysts say.

E-commerce titan Alibaba on Thursday became the latest Chinese firm to admit to feeling the bite of US sanctions, as it abandoned a plan to spin off its multibillion-dollar cloud computing arm.

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