Data, AI, & Machine Learning
Alibaba Takes Aim at Rivals With Qwen3 Max at 1 Trillion Parameters
The Alibaba model is set to compete with established players such as OpenAI's GPT-5, Google's Gemini 2.5 Pro, and Claude's Opus 4, among others.
The Alibaba model is set to compete with established players such as OpenAI's GPT-5, Google's Gemini 2.5 Pro, and Claude's Opus 4, among others.
The five announced sites– along with the flagship site in Texas and ongoing projects with CoreWeave—will bring Stargate to nearly 7 gigawatts of planned capacity and over $400 billion in investment over the next three years.
At AIRF, hosted by MIT SMR Middle East, the discussions spotlighted an agentic future: AI gaining agency and the imperative for business leaders to meet it with foresight, flexibility, and ethics.
As part of the agreement, OpenAI will earmark Nvidia as its preferred strategic compute and networking partner for its AI factory growth plans.
This 32-billion-parameter model rivals OpenAI and DeepSeek systems, which boast over 200 billion parameters.