Chinese tech company Alibaba on Monday released Qwen 3, a family of AI models the company claims matches and in some cases outperforms the best models available from Google and OpenAI. Most of the models are — or soon will be — available for download under an “open” license from AI dev platform Hugging Face

Alibaba introduces Qwen3 AI models, offering advanced reasoning, multilingualsupport, and flexible performance to rival ChatGPT and Gemini.

Chinese tech giant Alibaba has launched Qwen 3, a new series of AI models that it claims can rival or even surpass leading models from Google and OpenAI . The models can be downloaded under an "open" license on AI development platforms Hugging Face and GitHub.