Alibaba launches advanced AI model Qwen2.5-Max to rival GPT-4

Chinese tech and e-commerce giant Alibaba on Wednesday announced the release of Qwen2.5-Max, an advanced artificial intelligence model that the company says outperforms several leading AI systems in key benchmarks. Qwen2.5-Max is now available to developers through Alibaba Cloud services and can be accessed via Qwen Chat, the company's conversational AI platform.