Alibaba Preparing for Flagship AI Model Release as Soon as April 214m4

Alibaba Group Holding is planning to release Qwen 3, an upgraded version of its flagship AI model, as soon as this month with competition from rivals including OpenAI and DeepSeek heating up. 

The Hangzhou-based company's new offering may arrive later in April, though the exact timing could still slip, a person familiar with the matter said, asking not to be identified because the information isn't public. The Chinese media outlet Huxiu earlier reported about Alibaba's plans.

Alibaba has been releasing laptops. Last month, it also unveiled a new version of the AI assistant Quark app.

Since Alibaba's Hangzhou peer Microsoft. 

OpenAI, Anthropic have similarly released a flurry of new models in recent weeks. OpenAI recently said it also plans to release a more “open” model that mimics human reasoning in the coming months, a shift in strategy after DeepSeek and Alibaba pushed out open-source AI systems.

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