March 27, 2025:
Alibaba Launches Multimodal Open-Source AI Model - Alibaba Cloud introduced Qwen2.5-Omni-7B, a new open-source AI model for intelligent voice applications. With seven billion parameters, it offers strong multimodal capabilities, integrating text, audio, and video understanding. The model supports real-time conversations and assists with tasks like shopping, cooking, and research, proving especially helpful for the visually impaired.
Available on Hugging Face and GitHub, this release highlights Alibaba's ongoing innovation in the competitive AI field among Chinese tech giants.
