Alibaba launches new Qwen LLMs in China's latest open-source AI breakthrough
1. Alibaba launched Qwen3, a new hybrid reasoning AI model. 2. Qwen3 enhances multilingual tasks and reduces deployment costs significantly. 3. The model's open-source nature promotes widespread adoption by developers. 4. Experts see Qwen3 as a key player in the U.S.-China AI race. 5. Over 300 million downloads for previous Qwen models indicate strong demand.