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.