Alibaba has launched a new version of its AI model, Qwen2.5 Max, claiming it performed better than DeepSeek's AI, OpenAI's GPT-4o and Meta's Llama.

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Limited (NYSE:BABA) released a new version Wednesday of its Qwen large language model, known as Qwen2.5 Max, which it said topped DeepSeek's AI model across various benchmarks.

DeepSeek, a 20-month-old startup founded in Alibaba’s home city, Hangzhou, became a global sensation this week and figures prominently as the first benchmark that Alibaba appears to measure itself against. Alibaba Cloud also shared scores that suggest its AI beats OpenAI and Anthropic’s models in certain benchmarks.

Two days after the release of DeepSeek-R1, TikTok owner ByteDance released an update to its flagship AI model, which it claimed outperformed Microsoft-backed OpenAI's o1 in AIME, a benchmark test that measures how well AI models understand and respond to complex instructions.

Alibaba unveils Qwen 2.5 AI model, claiming it outperforms GPT-4o and DeepSeek-V3 as China’s AI race intensifies.

Chinese tech company Alibaba released a new version of the Qwen 2.5 artificial intelligence model that surpasses DeepSeek's latest model.

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Alibaba has launched its Qwen 2.5-Max AI model, claiming it outperforms DeepSeek’s V3 model, as well as OpenAI’s GPT-4 and Meta’s Llama-3.1. The release, timed for Lunar New Year, reflects mounting pressure from DeepSeek’s recent breakthroughs that have disrupted both U.S. and Chinese AI markets.

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