AfriqueQwen 3.5 post-trained models released, claiming wins over Gemma 3 and Apertus
davlanade · x · 2026-09-19
The team announces a series of post-trained AfriqueQwen 3.5 models, trained with a combination of SFT, GRPO, and OPD. They report the new models outperform several open LLMs on benchmarks, including Apertus, TinyAya, Gemma 3, and Sunflower-Qwen 9B.
Related event: McGill-NLP Open-Sources AfriqueQwen 3.5 Multilingual Models(2 posts)→
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