Alibaba’s Qwen 2.5 AI Drops on Lunar New Year – Can It Beat DeepSeek V3 and OpenAI?

Chinese technology giant Alibaba successfully launched its AI model, Qwen 2.5, on 29 January 2025 to compete against local rival DeepSeek. The Chinese technology giant claims that this model surpasses the recently unveiled DeepSeek V3 AI model.

Alibaba Qwen 2.5 Takes The Chinese AI Industry By Storm

To meet up with the Chinese AI industry, which has been on overdrive over the past few days, Alibaba has taken a bold step. The Chinese technology giant has launched their Qwen 2.5 AI model, just days after DeepSeek shook the internet with its new AI model.

Not only does the Alibaba Qwen 2.5 launch come just days after DeepSeek’s launch, but it also comes on the first day of the Chinese New Year. This strategic launch allows Chinese residents to enjoy the Lunar New Year holiday time and try out this new AI model from a firm they are familiar with.

According to Alibaba’s cloud unit, the “Qwen 2.5-Max outperforms………almost across the board GPT-4o, DeepSeek-V3 and Llama-3.1-405B.” This launch is not only mounting pressure on the Chinese AI industry but also on the global space.

The performance of the DeepSeek new AI model has given Chinese AI firms a wake-up call to upgrade their AI models. This only steps up the competition in the Chinese AI industry, and big firms like Alibaba are stepping up their game.

Stepping Up The Competition In China’s AI Industry

The launch of DeepSeek’s V3 AI models showed the advancements in the Chinese AI industry. This launch also served as a wake-up call for other AI firms, following this launch ByteDance upgraded its AI models and Alibaba launched its new AI model.
Over the coming months, we expect to see more competition in the Chinese AI industry. This competition will also spill into the foreign AI industry, with firms like OpenAI and NVIDIA struggling to regain their hold on the industry.