Open source Qwen-Image-2512 launches to compete with Google's Nano Banana Pro in high quality AI image generation

Alibaba’s Qwen team of AI researchers — already having a banner year with numerous powerful open source AI model releases — ...
VentureBeat

Qwen-Image is a powerful, open source new AI image generator with support for embedded text in English & Chinese

After seizing the summer with a blitz of powerful, freely available new open source language and coding focused AI models that matched or in some cases bested closed ...
TechNode

Tencent Open-Sources HunyuanImage 3.0, an 80B Multimodal Image Generation Model

Tencent has released and open-sourced HunyuanImage 3.0, an 80-billion-parameter native multimodal image generation model. The company says it is the first open industrial-grade model of its kind, with ...

Nvidia introduces open-source AI models for humanoid robots, autonomous vehicles

Nvidia’s new lineup of open-source AI models is headlined by Alpamayo 1 (pictured), a so-called VLA, or ...
TechCrunch

Pinterest CEO touts open source AI: ‘tremendous performance’ with reduced costs

On an earnings call on Tuesday, Pinterest CEO Bill Ready highlighted the promise of open source AI models in helping the company keep its costs down as it expands the use cases for visual AI. The ...
Forbes

What Leaders Need To Know About Open-Source Vs. Proprietary Models

HONG KONG, CHINA - JANUARY 28: In this photo illustration, the DeepSeek logo is seen next to the Chat GPT logo on a phone on January 28, 2025 in Hong Kong, China. (Photo illustration by Anthony ...
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OpenAI launches open-weight models GPT OSS 120b & GOT OSS 20b: Check how to get new models on your computer

OpenAI has launched two open-weight AI reasoning models, gpt-oss-120b and gpt-oss-20b, for public use, marking its first open release since GPT-2 in 2019. The move comes amid growing pressure from ...