Autonomy and agency

Qwen releases open visual agents for computer and phone use

Alibaba's Qwen team released Qwen2.5-VL models at 3B, 7B and 72B scales, with open base and instruction weights and direct visual-agent support for computer and phone use.

CURRENT ASSESSMENT · REVISION 1
TOWARD DOOM72confidence 96/100

Why it moved the index

An openly downloadable multimodal model with explicit computer and phone control materially broadens access to consequential digital autonomy. The flagship 72B instruction tier is profiled separately; smaller tiers are not added without full tier-specific scoring.

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Assessment history

  1. R1
    Toward 72 · confidence 96

    New January 2025 open visual-agent model release with no durable model or story collision.

    12 Aug 2026