Chinese AI lab DeepSeek might be getting the bulk of the tech industry’s attention this week. But one of its top domestic rivals, Alibaba, isn’t sitting idly by. Alibaba’s Qwen team on Monday released a new family of AI models, Qwen2.5-VL, that can perform a number of text and image analysis tasks. The models can […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Alibaba claims that its new AI model, Qwen 2.5 Max, demonstrates superior performance over competitors like Meta's Llama and DeepSeek’s V3. This development highlights the fierce competition among Chinese tech firms, including Tencent and Baidu, as they strive for leadership in the AI sector.

Chinese tech giant Alibaba has unveiled its latest AI model, Qwen 2.5-Max, claiming it outperforms industry leaders including DeepSeek’s highly regarded DeepSeek-V3. Released on the first day of the Lunar New Year, when many Chinese people are traditionally off work, this strategic timing reflects the pressure that DeepSeek’s rise has placed on both international and domestic competitors in the AI space.