China's AI Shock: Alibaba Launches a Direct Attack with Qwen3.5 – Kickoff for the Era of Autonomous Agents

The Chinese technology company Alibaba Group has introduced a new generation of its AI model, Qwen3.5, intensifying competition in the Chinese chatbot market. The model is available both as an open-weight variant for personal use and fine-tuning, as well as a hosted API version via Alibaba's cloud platform. According to the company, Qwen3.5 improves performance metrics and cost structures compared to the previous generation, emphasizing integrated multimodal capabilities that can process text, images, and videos within a single system. Focus on...