Alibaba drops Qwen2-VL to take on GPT-4o in vision
Alibaba just released Qwen2-VL, open-sourcing the 2B and 7B models under Apache 2.0 while offering its flagship 72B version via API. The model handles dynamic resolutions, parses 20-minute videos, and powers mobile device agents. Why it matters: The 72B flagship rivals GPT-4o on visual benchmarks, bringing top-tier multimodal power to open weights and developers.