AI & Robotics
Alibaba Launches Qwen 3.5 Open Models to Challenge GPT-5 Mini and Claude Sonnet 4.5
Alibaba has introduced its new Qwen 3.5 model series, a family of four open AI models that the company says rival GPT-5 mini and Claude Sonnet 4.5 at a fraction of the cost. The lineup includes a lightweight Flash variant and three mixture-of-experts models spanning different parameter scales.
Key Takeaways
- Alibaba released four Qwen 3.5 models including Flash, 35B-A3B, 122B-A10B, and 27B variants
- The models use mixture-of-experts architecture to deliver high performance at lower compute cost
- Alibaba claims performance competitive with GPT-5 mini and Claude Sonnet 4.5
- All models are released as open weights, challenging the closed-source model paradigm
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