Alibaba Launches Qwen3-Omni AI to Rival ChatGPT-4

Alibaba has introduced new AI models, including its flagship Qwen3-Omni, positioned as a direct competitor to OpenAI’s ChatGPT-4, ahead of the company’s annual Apsara Conference in Hangzhou.

Qwen3-Omni is a multimodal AI model capable of processing text, audio, image, and video inputs, delivering outputs in both text and audio formats.

The model supports 119 text languages and 19 spoken languages, with the ability to generate spoken responses in 10 languages, enhancing its usability for global users. Three versions of Qwen3-Omni are available on open-source platforms, including Hugging Face and GitHub, allowing developers to experiment and build custom applications.

Key Highlights

Alibaba launches Qwen3-Omni, a multimodal AI to rival ChatGPT-4
Supports 119 text and 19 spoken languages with open-source access
New tools include Qwen-Image-Edit-2509 and Qwen3-TTS-Flash

Alongside Qwen3-Omni, Alibaba also released Qwen-Image-Edit-2509, an improved open-source image editing tool, and Qwen3-TTS-Flash, a proprietary text-to-speech model available through Alibaba Cloud. These tools aim to support developers, businesses, and researchers looking for scalable, multilingual AI solutions. Alibaba claims that Qwen3-Omni variants outperform both its earlier models and several international competitors in select benchmark tests, although independent verification is pending.

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The launch underscores Alibaba’s ambitions to strengthen its presence in the global AI race, challenging major players such as OpenAI, Google, and Meta with its rapidly advancing AI ecosystem.