Alibaba Just Gave Away Its Best AI Model For Free, Almost Matching Claude and ChatGPT
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Alibaba is releasing its Qwen Max AI model with public weights next week, making it free to download. The model's performance is comparable to popular AI models like Claude and ChatGPT. Alibaba's own scorecard acknowledges that American-developed AI models still excel in coding tasks, indicating a competitive landscape in the AI industry.
The first Qwen Max model with public weights is free to download next week. Alibaba's own scorecard says the Americans still win on code.