China’s tech giant Alibaba announced that it has released a newly upgraded version of its generative AI chatbot called Qwen.
This chatbot is designed for everyday users and can help with many personal tasks. Qwen can be used for maps, food orders, travel planning, office work, online shopping, and even health-related tasks. It is built on Alibaba’s popular open-source AI model, which has already been downloaded millions of times around the world.
According to the company, this chatbot is based on its highly popular open-source model, which has been downloaded more than 600 million times globally. The new version is positioned as a personal, task-focused assistant.
Earlier in February, Alibaba promised to invest 380 billion yuan (about 53 billion US dollars) over the next three years to develop cloud and AI hardware infrastructure. The company aims to take full advantage of the rapidly growing artificial intelligence industry.
Alibaba’s new Qwen 3-Max model, along with China’s DeepSeek, has secured top rankings on international benchmarks. In recent global tests, Qwen came first while DeepSeek took second place.
Since DeepSeek’s impressive debut last December, other Chinese generative AI companies like Kimi, Zhipu AI, and MiniMax have been competing aggressively with their open-source models, creating a strong global open ecosystem.
According to Alibaba’s roadmap, Qwen will soon be integrated into daily services such as maps, food delivery, travel tools, office software, shopping platforms, and health services.
