Alibaba just launched their newest AI language model, Alibaba Qwen 2.5, and it’s a big deal. Think of it as a super-smart computer brain that understands and uses language. This new version is packed with upgrades.
- It’s really good at understanding what you say or write: Even if you don’t use perfect grammar, it gets your meaning. This is called “natural language understanding.”
- It can write really well: Qwen 2.5 can generate text that sounds natural and makes sense, like a person wrote it. This is “text generation.”
- It can see and hear: Unlike some AI that only works with text, Qwen 2.5 can also process images (“vision”) and sounds (“audio”).
- It’s a helpful assistant: It can use other AI tools to do things, kind of like a helper who knows how to use all sorts of programs. This is “AI tool use.”
- It can role-play: You can have more engaging and fun conversations with it because it can take on different roles. This is “chatbot role-play.
To make it easy for people to try out these new features, Alibaba Qwen 2.5 into their own chatbot, called Qwen Chat. Qwen Chat is like other AI chatbots you might have heard of, such as ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Microsoft Copilot, and DeepSeek.
Qwen Chat is compatible with several versions of Alibaba Qwen 2.5:
- Plus and Max: These are probably more powerful versions of the model.
- Qwen2.5-VL-72B-Instruct: This one can likely understand both visual (VL – like pictures) and text instructions. The “72B” likely means it’s a very large and complex model.
- Qwen2.5-14B-Instruct-1M: Similar to the one above, but probably a bit smaller and designed to handle longer conversations.
- QVQ-72B-Preview: This is likely a test version of another powerful model.
Basically, you can access different versions of Qwen 2.5 through Qwen Chat, so you can choose the one that best fits what you want to do.
Alibaba Qwen Chat: Feature Highlights
- Speaks Many Languages: Qwen Chat understands and can respond in over 29 languages, including English, Chinese, French, Spanish, and many more. It’s like a multilingual translator!
- Massive Brain Training: It’s been trained on a huge amount of data (18 trillion tokens!), which makes it really good at understanding and generating human language. Think of it as having read a library of books many times over.
- Remembers Long Conversations: Qwen Chat can keep track of a lot of what’s been said in a conversation (up to 128,000 “pieces” of information). This means it can handle long and complex discussions without forgetting what you talked about earlier.
- Understands Organized Information: It’s good at working with data that’s organized in tables, special formats like JSON, or other structured ways. This helps it understand and process information more effectively.
- Follows Instructions Well: Qwen Chat is better at understanding what you want it to do when you give it instructions. This means its responses are more accurate and relevant to what you asked.
- Works with Sight and Sound: It’s not just about text! Qwen Chat can also understand and work with images (visuals) and sounds (audio). It can even interact with other tools.
- Acts Like a Virtual Agent: It can role-play, be programmed to respond in certain ways, and behave like an interactive agent. This makes it useful for lots of different applications.
- Handles Different Requests: Qwen Chat is designed to handle all sorts of requests and prompts, making it adaptable to different chatbot situations. It doesn’t get easily confused.
- Fast and Efficient: It’s designed to be fast and efficient, so you get quick responses without using up a lot of computing power. This also saves on costs.
Get Access to Qwen Chat and the Latest Qwen Models
- Go to the Website: Open your web browser (like Chrome, Firefox, or Safari) and visit the Qwen Chat website.
- Log In: You can either enter your email address or use your Google account to log in.
- Choose Your AI: At the top of the page, you’ll see a menu. It will probably show “Qwen 2.5 Plus” at first. Click on this menu to choose which Qwen AI model you want to use.
- Start Chatting! Now you’re all set! Just type in your question or request (what’s called a “prompt”) and Qwen Chat will generate a response.
Generating Images Using Qwen
- Type a description of the image you’d like Qwen to create.
- Click the “Image Generation” button.
- Press enter to start the image generation process
Want to Create AI Videos? Here's How to Use Qwen Chat
Creating a video is easy: just type in your description of the video, and then select the “Video Generation” option.
