Alibaba releases Qwen-Image-2.1, a 7B open-weight model it says outperforms most closed-source models, with native transparency and up to ten reference images (Qwen)
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Qwen : Alibaba releases Qwen-Image-2.1, a 7B open-weight model it says outperforms most closed-source models, with native transparency and up to ten reference images We are excited to open-source Qwen-Image-2.1, an image model in the Qwen family that balances generation quality, inference efficienc…
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Alibaba releases Qwen-Image-2.1, a 7B open-weight model it says outperforms most closed-source models, with native transparency and up to ten reference images (Qwen) - 2026-09-20 16:10 · The Decoder
Alibaba's open-weight Qwen-Image-2.1 claims to beat closed models in image generation with just 7 billion parameters