Alibaba has launched a new version of its AI model, QWen2.5 Max, claiming that it worked better than the AI of Deepseek, GPT-4o of OpenAi and the Meta flame. The cloud division of the Chinese technology company claimed in a statement That “Qwen 2.5-Max exceeds … almost in all areas GPT-4O, Deepseek-V3 and call-3.1-405b”, referring to the AI models advanced open source of Openai and goal.
The announcement occurs immediately after the AI models of Depseek Shockwaves that they have sent to the World Panorama of AI. The launch of the Deepseek’s assistant, promoted by the Deepseek-V3 model on January 10, and its R1 model on January 20, Silicon Valley shook, which caused technological actions to fall.
Deepseek-V3, which says it is as good as Openai’s GPT-4o but much cheaper. The introduction of Alibaba de Qwen 2.5 Max seems to be a direct response to the increase in Deepseek, which recently launched another model, R1, causing a stir.
Deepseek, founded only 20 months ago in Hangzhou, the hometown of Alibaba, has become an important player in the AI field, calling attention to its low -cost and high performance models. The startup has forced players established such as Alibaba, Tencent and Baidu to improve their AI systems to maintain competition.
As part of the current AI price war, these companies have reduced prices to capture a greater market proportion.
Last year, Deepseek’s launch of its V2 model caused a price war within the China market. The model, with a price of only 1 yuan (11) for 1 million processed tokens, was open and significantly cheaper than most competitors. This price strategy led to the Alibaba cloud division to reduce its prices by up to 97 percent in certain models.
The growing competition has forced the main actors in the industry to reassess their strategies. The Operai CEO, Sam Altman, recently recognized Depseek’s success, calling his “impressive” progress. He also hinted that Operai was working on even more advanced models in the future.
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