Alibaba’s lightweight Qwen takes on OpenAI, DeepSeek, Zhipu’s larger AI systems
- Posted on August 18, 2026
- By South China Morning Post
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Alibaba’s lightweight Qwen takes on OpenAI, DeepSeek, Zhipu’s larger AI systems
Chinese tech giant’s latest offering performed on par with OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 Luna and nearly matched DeepSeek, Zhipu’s open-weight models.