Competitive race

Alibaba releases Qwen-72B base and chat weights

Alibaba Cloud released 72-billion-parameter Qwen base and chat checkpoints with 32K context for download and commercial use under its model license.

CURRENT ASSESSMENT · REVISION 1
TOWARD DOOM60confidence 95/100

Why it moved the index

Downloadable 72-billion-parameter base and assistant weights materially increased capable open-model access and competitive diffusion outside centralized provider controls.

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  1. R1
    Toward 60 · confidence 95

    New November 2023 large open-weight model-family release.

    12 Aug 2026