Alibaba, the Chinese tech giant, released a new version of its AI model and made big claims — notably that it outperforms OpenAI's ChatGPT and the newly ascending DeepSeek.

Alibaba's Qwen team has released a new family of models, Qwen2.5-VL, that can control a PC and phone, plus handle other visual tasks.

Analysts say China’s AI investment is just beginning to pay off, with more firms expected to launch their own models soon.