Chinese AI Firms Alibaba and Zhipu Launch Models to Compete with US Counterparts
Chinese AI companies Alibaba and Zhipu have introduced advanced language models aiming to compete with leading American systems like Anthropic's Claude Fable 5. Alibaba's Qwen3.8-Max features 2.4 trillion parameters and demonstrated autonomous software development over 16 days. Zhipu's GLM-5.3, based on a 700-billion-parameter model, offers enhanced coding capabilities and plans to release its weights for developer access. Both firms highlight narrowing performance gaps with US rivals amid growing competition in AI development.
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wion broke this story on 13 Aug, 09:34 pm. Other outlets followed.
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