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 unveiled Qwen3, its newest large language model and China’s first hybrid reasoning model that integrates both fast and slow thinking

The global AI landscape shifted dramatically this week as Alibaba's Qwen3 AI models emerged to challenge US' presumed technological edge.