Alibaba goes open-source to take on Meta's Llama
Alibaba just open-sourced two 7-billion-parameter AI models, Qwen-7B and conversational variant Qwen-7B-Chat, supporting both English and Chinese. Global developers can build on them for free, while companies with over 100 million active users will need a royalty-free license. Why it matters: Alibaba is copying Meta's open-source playbook to win over developers and drive adoption of its cloud computing services.