Alibaba Launches 100 New Open-Source AI Models Including Video Generator, Looking to Compete With Rivals

One of China's Big Tech and largest corporations, Alibaba, recently launched over 100 open-source artificial intelligence models which reinforces what it has to offer the world with this latest advancement. This centers on their quest to measure up against local rivals who have been growing in terms of popularity and available experiences which centers on their AI developments.

Among the many AI models from Alibaba is a new text-to-video AI generator that is capable of creating moving media from text prompts.

Alibaba Launches Over 100 Open-Source AI Models Now Available

CNBC reported that Alibaba, Jack Ma's famed e-commerce company, has recently launched more than 100 open-source artificial intelligence models this Thursday, as part of reinforcing what it has to offer the public. According to the report, this move significantly boosts its proprietary technology capabilities and is looking to go head-to-head with its rivals in the industry.

Qwen 2.5 is Alibaba's latest AI model in the market, and it encompasses a wide range of applications for various industries. From the automotive industry, down to gaming, scientific research, technology, and more, Alibaba's open-sourced models can fill in.

Moreover, Alibaba said that it offers advanced features and capabilities for users to enjoy, including its skills in coding and mathematics.

Alibaba made its new AI models open source, and this will allow the likes of academes, developers, researchers, and more to utilize its latest offers.

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Alibaba Looks to Compete with Local, International Rivals in AI

It was added in the report that part of Alibaba's reason behind this development is to compete against rival companies that are rising in the AI space. The influx of artificial intelligence platforms and startups have been making their move in the industry, and Alibaba already faces significant competition in China alone with the likes of Baidu and Huawei.

On the other hand, it also looks to compete against the likes of Google, OpenAI, Meta, and more.

Alibaba is Asserting Dominance in This AI-Filled World

The United States has been one of the top countries which popularized artificial intelligence. However, China is among those who are looking to catch up to the US' run in this AI-filled world, with one of its Big Tech companies, Alibaba, among those who joined the wave.

However, the e-commerce company is not simply joining the wave, as it is among those who are ramping up China's artificial intelligence capabilities in the present.

The Alibaba Group started with its proprietary "Tongyi Qianwen," an artificial intelligence model that drew significant similarities to OpenAI's ChatGPT, but its ambitions for the model are to bring improvements as assistants, integrated into smart speakers and other platforms.

Jack Ma's renowned company followed up with its Tongyi Qianwen with other models that offer significant capabilities and are more than an AI that can generate information through texts.

The latest move by Alibaba centers on exerting its dominance in the AI industry with the release of more than 100 open-source models, and it is targeting local rivals, as well as international firms in this venture, with massive capabilities available.

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