22 August 2026

Alibaba's Qwen model becomes most downloaded open-weight model

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  • Alibaba's Qwen model family reached 3 billion downloads in six months, making it the most downloaded open-weight model available.
  • Qwen surpassed models from Alphabet and Meta, despite those American companies being earlier and more prominent in open-weight AI development.

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