Alibaba releases Qwen Max AI model for free — nearly matches Claude and ChatGPT

Alibaba announced that its Qwen Max model — the first in the Qwen Max line to carry public weights — will be available for free download starting next week. The company's own benchmarks show it nearly matches Claude and ChatGPT, though American models still lead on coding tasks. The move marks a significant step toward open-weight frontier AI from a Chinese tech giant.

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