China's Alibaba takes another swipe at America's AI supremacy
The Verge: Alibaba's Qwen Max open-weight release takes another swipe at US AI supremacy.
Why it matters
- Second major Alibaba Qwen open-weight release since the Apple-Qwen China deal.
- Direct continuation of the Kimi K3, GLM 5.2, LongCat 2.0, and Inkling 975B open-weights wave.
- Materially reshapes the Bessent-sanctions and Amodei-clarifies debate.
- Sets a fresh competitive baseline against Opus 5 and GPT-5.6 Sol.