Alibaba launches Qwen3 AI, claims it’s better than DeepSeek R1: Details

Alibaba Group Holding unveiled the third generation of its open-source artificial intelligence (AI) model Qwen3 series, on Tuesday, raising the stakes in an increasingly competitive Chinese and global AI market. The Qwen3 family boasts faster processing speeds and expanded multilingual capabilities compared to other AI models, including DeepSeek-R1 and OpenAI’s o1.