Alibaba's AI model Qwen 2.5 Max emerges victorious over Deepseek
Chinese tech and e-commerce powerhouse Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. has introduced Qwen 2.5 Max, a cutting-edge AI model that the company asserts outperforms Deepseek v3—an impressive claim made less than three weeks after Deepseek’s highly anticipated January 10th launch.
According to Alibaba, Qwen 2.5 Max surpasses leading AI models from Deepseek, OpenAI, and Meta in performance assessments. The model demonstrated superior results across various benchmarks, including Arena-Hard, LiveBench, LiveCodeBench, MMLU, and GPQA-Diamond. Notably, its scores on MMLU and LiveCodeBench set new industry standards, highlighting its advanced capabilities.
Deepseek’s debut caused shockwaves throughout Silicon Valley, triggering a significant decline in tech stocks and prompting a renewed focus among competitors to showcase advancements in their AI technologies. In response to Deepseek’s disruptive entrance, ByteDance swiftly announced improvements to its own AI model, boasting that it had surpassed OpenAI’s o1 in AIME benchmarks.
The unveiling of Qwen 2.5 Max appears strategically timed, potentially reflecting the mounting pressure within China’s own tech sector to maintain competitive momentum against foreign rivals. The announcement comes on January 29th, 2025, the first day of the Lunar New Year, a significant holiday when most Chinese businesses temporarily halt operations. This early unveiling underscores Alibaba’s determination to maintain its leadership position in AI innovation despite the heightened competition sparked by Deepseek.
As AI technology continues to evolve at a rapid pace, Alibaba’s latest achievement signals yet another step forward in the global AI race.
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