Alibaba AI models hit 3 billion downloads, passing Meta, Google

Qwen, Alibaba’s family of AI models, has open-sourced more than 460 models and its ecosystem has spawned 300,000-plus derivatives.

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  1. Alibaba's Qwen Leads Open-Weight AI Model Downloads: Alibaba's Qwen family of open-weight AI models recorded over 3 billion global downloads in the past six months, becoming the world's leading AI model and surpassing Meta (227M) and Google (418M) downloads for their respective models this year.
  2. Top AI Apps by Downloads Dominated by Chatbots: In 2024, ChatGPT led worldwide AI app downloads with 250.1 million, followed by Google Gemini at 81.5 million, indicating a strong user preference for conversational AI applications.
  3. OpenAI, Google, Alibaba Drive AI Model Adoption: OpenAI's models like GPT-4o and GPT-3.5 Turbo are widely adopted in cloud environments, while Alibaba's Qwen family leads in open-weight model downloads, and Google's Gemini also has significant app downloads.

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