Qwen

Alibaba reportedly unveiled its Zhenwu V900 AI chip and is planning a 10-trillion-parameter Qwen model as China faces tighter US chip controls.

Alibaba’s Qwen reportedly launched Qwen3.8-Flash with a 1 million-token context and sharply lower training costs, raising efficiency stakes for AI builders.

Thomson Reuters has launched an in-house legal AI model built on Alibaba’s Qwen, signaling tighter control over performance, data, and deployment.

Alibaba has released a laptop-focused AI model ahead of Meta’s expected move, sharpening competition over capable, locally run AI tools for builders.

Alibaba’s Qwen models reportedly passed 3 billion downloads, raising questions about how open-model adoption is measured against Meta and Google.

Reuters reports Alibaba plans to charge large commercial users of its next open Qwen model, testing how open AI can support cloud revenue.

Doubao and Qwen will reportedly close personalized AI agent features on July 15 as Chinese regulation tightens oversight of user-created AI services.

A Moomoo report says Doubao and Qwen may discontinue AI agent features, a sign that consumer AI agent products are being reevaluated.

New Chinese model reports highlight DeepSeek and Qwen as growing forces in open-source AI competition.

Chinese AI models from DeepSeek, Qwen, and Moonshot are cheaper, more adaptable, and nearly as capable as leading US platforms, raising competitive concerns.

Alibaba unveiled Qwen3.5-Max-Preview, the flagship of its Qwen 3.5 series, which debuted as the top Chinese model on LMArena at 15th place globally, trailing Anthropic and Google, while ranking fifth in mathematics — as the company targets $100 billion in annual cloud and AI revenue within five years.