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Alibaba Group has open sourced a smaller size version of its latest Qwen3.6 large language models. The new release shows how Alibaba is becoming more selective with which models to open source, as it shifts its focus toward proprietary AI models that could generate more revenue.
The Chinese tech giant, which became a powerhouse in open-source AI models in the past few years, is now putting more effort into selling powerful closed-source models that come in relatively large sizes to enterprise customers of its Alibaba Cloud business. Over the past several weeks, Alibaba has launched multiple new proprietary models
At the same time, Alibaba continues to open source some of its new models that come in smaller sizes, allowing users to download them for free. Smaller but capable models that are less expensive to run are in strong demand from cost-conscious startups and developers. Alibaba said the newly launched Qwen3.6-35B-A3B open-source model, which has 35 billion parameters, offers AI coding capabilities comparable to other models that are ten times larger.
In line with this strategy, Alibaba is also planning to release yet another open-source version of Qwen3.6 later this month that is smaller than the 35B model, according to an employee with knowledge of the plan.
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