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Alibaba Puts Qwen4 Family Into Training; Roadmap Points to 5–10T Qwen4.5 and Qwen5

September 23

Alibaba told the 2026 Apsara Conference in Hangzhou that its next-generation foundation model, Qwen 4, is currently in training, according to Alibaba Cloud's English press release dated September 22.

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