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Alibaba has officially released Qwen 3, a new family of artificial intelligence models designed to compete directly with established players like Google and OpenAI. The Chinese tech giant claims that Qwen 3 achieves performance levels comparable to, or even surpassing, its rivals in numerous benchmarks. Select Qwen 3 models are available, or will soon be available, for download through the Hugging Face platform under an open-source license. This move gives developers greater access to cutting-edge AI technology and fosters innovation.