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Alibaba releases Qwen3.5 Omni – new multimodal AI model for text, audio, video and real-time interaction
The Alibaba Qwen team has launched Qwen3.5 Omni, a native multimodal AI model that handles text, audio, video and real-time interaction. The model represents a major step forward in the Qwen model family and combines multiple modalities in a single model.
WHY IT MATTERS
The launch signals Alibaba's continued progress as a major player in frontier AI models and contributes to intensifying competition over multimodal capabilities among leading labs. It demonstrates high-level AI innovation from China-based research.
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