Qwen-Image-2.1 Announced as Open Source with Countdown
Alibaba's Qwen team and ModelScope announced Qwen-Image-2.1 will be open-sourced within a 10-hour countdown, releasing both weights and code for local deployment and building applications.
2026-09-20 ~ 2026-09-20 · 4 related posts
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- Qwen-Image-2.1 going open source with weights and code, countdown begins — realmrfakename · 2026-09-20
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