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• Alibaba releases 7B-parameter Qwen-Image-2.1 for consumer GPUs: Alibaba's Qwen team has released Qwen-Image-2.1, an open-weight 7-billion-parameter model capable of generating and editing images on consumer GPUs. The model supports transparency and up to ten reference images, but its research license restricts commercial use without a separate Qwen license.

  Alibaba • The Decoder

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• StepFun releases Step 5 Preview open-source model with 27B active parameters: StepFun has released Step 5 Preview, an open-source model featuring 27 billion active parameters. The model ranks among the top two open-source models in recent evaluations, demonstrating strong performance despite its compact active parameter size.

  AI Models • 量子位

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• DeepSeek CEO calls training on Huawei chips one of its biggest bets: DeepSeek CEO Liang Wenfeng told investors that training its models on Huawei chips is one of the company's biggest bets. Huawei is reportedly scheduled to deliver its next-generation training chips to DeepSeek in the fourth quarter of 2026 or the first quarter of 2027.

  Artificial Intelligence • Techmeme

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