Alibaba's Qwen hits 3B downloads, surpassing Meta as most downloaded model
StefanoGogioso · x · 2026-08-16
Citing Bloomberg, the post states that Alibaba's Qwen model has hit 3 billion downloads, surpassing Meta and Google to become the world's most downloaded AI model. This milestone marks a significant breakthrough in the adoption rate of open-source models. The post comments that "the future belongs to those who own their weights," emphasizing the importance of model weight assets.
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