Qwen

MIT researchers say GPT-6 Astra edited Qwen open weights to boost math

Four MIT CSAIL researchers say OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra raised a small open-source model's math score about sixfold by changing its weights directly, with no training. In a blog post published November 2, Rikiya Takehi, Jayden Teoh, Alex Zhang and Omar…

Alibaba shares climb after Apple taps Qwen for China AI

Alibaba shares rose in early trading on Monday, November 2, after Apple said Alibaba's Qwen model will power parts of Apple Intelligence in mainland China. StreetInsider reported the stock was up about 5.7%. Other Chinese internet stocks also gained: PDD…

Alibaba unveils major restructuring around AI and cloud

Alibaba released its fiscal first-quarter 2027 results on Thursday before U.S. markets opened, pairing the earnings report with a sweeping organizational overhaul that consolidates its sprawling empire around two priorities: artificial intelligence and cloud computing.

Alibaba’s Qwen AI models hit 3 billion downloads, passing Meta and Google

Alibaba has open-sourced the weights of its Qwen3.8 model series, including its flagship 2.4-trillion-parameter Qwen3.8-Max and the smaller Qwen3.8-27B, as cumulative global downloads of the Qwen model family surpassed 3 billion — making it the most downloaded open-weight AI model…

Alibaba opens Qwen developer platform as it monetizes AI ecosystem

Alibaba Group Holding unveiled Qwen3.8-Max, a 2.4-trillion-parameter multimodal AI model, marking a return to open-sourcing its top-tier models after keeping several recent flagship releases proprietary earlier this year. The company simultaneously introduced a revenue-sharing model for commercial users and opened…

Apple connects Siri to Alibaba’s Qwen AI for Mac users in China

Apple has published a guide detailing how eligible Mac users in mainland China can connect Alibaba's Qwen artificial intelligence service to Siri and the Writing Tools feature, marking the first concrete rollout of a partnership that received regulatory approval in…

Alibaba launches 2.4T-parameter Qwen3.8, claims it rivals top AI models

Alibaba announced on Saturday the launch of Qwen3.8, a 2.4 trillion-parameter large language model that the company says is "second only to Fable 5" in overall performance. A preview version, Qwen3.8-Max-Preview, is already available to developers through Alibaba's Token Plan…