Alibaba launched a laptop-ready AI model and released the weights of its most powerful Qwen model, escalating its rivalry with Meta in open-weight AI.

Open-source artificial intelligence is no longer the discount alternative to Silicon Valley's frontier labs. It is setting the pace on the newest battleground: the laptop sitting in front of the user.

On August 17, 2026, Alibaba Group Holding Limited (NYSE:BABA) launched a new AI model designed to run on laptops and released ...

Chinese e-commerce and cloud giant Alibaba isn't taking the pressure off other AI model providers in the U.S. and abroad. Just days after releasing its new, state-of-the-art open source Qwen3 large ...