Alibaba says newest Qwen AI model is second only to Anthropic’s Claude Fable 5
Preview reflects the latest phase in China’s AI push, as domestic labs chase parity with US heavyweights
With 2.4 trillion parameters, it was “one of the most powerful models available today, comparable to leading frontier AI models, second only to Fable 5”, Alibaba said on the post, referring to Anthropic’s most capable widely released model to date.
Parameters are a machine-learning measure of AI system complexity, with higher figures generally indicating stronger models.





