Qwen Image 2.1 open-source model appears set for release

Reddit users spotted Qwen Image 2.1, a coming open-source image model from Alibaba, listed as Coming Soon. Anthropic researcher Andrew Carr had earlier teased another Qwen image generation model on the way.

2026-09-18 ~ 2026-09-19 · 2 related posts

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