ByteDance and Alibaba gear up for a Spring Festival AI showdown
ByteDance and Alibaba are reportedly prepping next-generation flagship models for release during the February Lunar New Year holiday. ByteDance is lining up Doubao 2.0 alongside major image and video upgrades, while Alibaba is readying Qwen 3.5 with targeted reasoning boosts. With DeepSeek V4 also rumored for mid-February, China's frontier AI race is entering an intense new clash.