Alibaba Qwen is challenging proprietary AI model economics
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by Ryan DawsFebruary 17, 2026
The release of Alibaba’s latest Qwen model challenges proprietary AI model economics with comparable performance on commodity hardware. While US-based labs have historically held the performance advantage, open-source alternatives like the Qwen 3.5 series are closing the gap with frontier models. This offers enterprises a potential reduction in inference costs and increased flexibility in deployment […]
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Originally published on AI News on 2/17/2026