21 August 2026

Alibaba's Qwen model hits 3 billion downloads in six months

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  • Alibaba's Qwen, an open-weight AI model (software anyone can download and run), reached 3 billion downloads in half a year.
  • Qwen now outranks comparable models from Google and Meta in total downloads, suggesting developers worldwide prefer it.

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