Alibaba unveils its most capable AI model to date, not far behind Moonshot’s in size

August 3, 2026 10:21 AM

Alibaba unveils its most capable AI model to date, not far behind Moonshot’s in size

China's Alibaba on Monday unveiled what it said is its largest and most capable artificial-intelligence model, the Qwen3.8-Max, which is not far behind in size when compared with an offering from domestic rival Moonshot AI launched last month. Chinese tech companies — a huge force in open-weight AI models globally — are locked in a fierce and fast-moving battle to build more powerful systems without making them prohibitively expensive to run. Qwen3.8-Max has 2.4 trillion parameters, the nu...

Alibaba launches Qwen3-Max AI model with more than 1 trillion parameters

September 24, 2025 9:57 AM

Alibaba launches Qwen3-Max AI model with more than 1 trillion parameters

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba announced on Wednesday its largest ever artificial intelligence language model, the Qwen3-Max, doubling down on AI as a core business strategy. The model, Alibaba's most powerful to date, contains more than 1 trillion parameters, or variables that determine how an AI system processes information, and shows particular strength in code generation and autonomous agent capabilities, Zhou Jingren, chief technology officer at Alibaba Cloud, said at the company's annua...

Alibaba releases AI model it claims surpasses DeepSeek-V3

January 29, 2025 1:06 PM

Alibaba releases AI model it claims surpasses DeepSeek-V3

Chinese tech company Alibaba on Wednesday released a new version of its Qwen 2.5 artificial intelligence model that it claimed surpassed the highly-acclaimed DeepSeek-V3. The unusual timing of the Qwen 2.5-Max's release, on the first day of the Lunar New Year when most Chinese people are off work and with their families, points to the pressure Chinese AI startup DeepSeek's meteoric rise in the past three weeks has placed on not just overseas rivals, but also its domestic competition. "Qwen 2.5...