Yet another player is claiming the top spot for AI. Alibaba, one of the world’s largest e-commerce companies, has announced the launch of its latest AI reasoning model, known as Qwen 3.

Chinese tech company Alibaba on Monday released Qwen3, a family of AI models that the company claims can match and, in some cases, outperform the best models available from Google and OpenAI.

Chinese search leader Baidu joined the AI arms race last Friday with the release of its Ernie 4.5 Turbo and reasoning-focused Ernie X1 Turbo models. Alibaba's newest release merges conventional AI ...