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From A Simple Chatbot To A 2.4 Trillion Parameter Giant

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In April 2023, Alibaba Cloud was quietly handing out invitation codes for a chatbot called 'Tongyi Qianwen,' a name that roughly translates to 'truth from a thousand questions.' Four days later, then-CEO Daniel Zhang unveiled it publicly at the Alibaba Cloud Summit in Beijing. It was Alibaba's answ…

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  1. 2026-10-05 11:31 · DEV Community — AI
    From A Simple Chatbot To A 2.4 Trillion Parameter Giant

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