Alibaba unveils latest AI service for images in push for users
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The Hangzhou-based company introduced Qwen VLo, part of a series of AI services under the company's Qwen brand. The new model is an upgrade from Qwen2.5-VL and is now able to generate text-to-image and image-to-image results. It also has a technology called progressive generation, meaning users can see the process as an image is created.
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