Alibaba has launched Qwen3, its next generation of AI models in what experts called the latest breakthrough in China’s booming open-source AI space.

Alibaba Group has significantly upped the ante in China’s artificial intelligence competition with Monday’s unveiling of Qwen 3, a sophisticated family of AI models that signals the country’s growing technological ambitions.

Ahead of DeepSeek's R2 release, Alibaba announced its new Qwen3 AI model, as the Chinese companies fight for the best AI LLMs.