The Story of Qwen: Alibaba’s AI Models From 7B to 2.4T
MarkTechPost retrospective traces Alibaba's Qwen from an invite-only April 2023 chatbot to a 2.4-trillion-parameter open-weight model in August 2026.
The article is a release-by-release timeline of Alibaba's Qwen model family, from the April 2023 invite-only chatbot to a 2.4-trillion-parameter open-weight model released in August 2026. It documents each major model's key features and how licensing changed over time, with claims linked to primary sources. No new model or research contribution is announced.
- Covers Qwen evolution from 7B models to a 2.4T-parameter open-weight release
- Tracks license changes across the Qwen family
- Editorial timeline rather than a new release or research paper
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Alibaba's Qwen went from an invite-only chatbot in April 2023 to a 2. 4-trillion-parameter open-weight model in August 2026. This is the full story, release by release: every major model, its key feature, and how its license changed.
By Asif Razzaq · marktechpost.com
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