News: 2025-07-26
Date: 07/26/2025
Alibaba just dropped a new open-source model, Qwen 3-235B, and it’s a serious contender for the top spot, even against the closed-source heavyweights. There’s a great video that breaks it all down, comparing it directly to models like GPT-4.1 and Claude Opus. The big takeaway for anyone building with AI is its impressive performance in agentic tasks—think reasoning, planning, and tool use. This is crucial for creating more sophisticated automations.
The video also dives into its massive 256K context window, which is a game changer for handling complex, multi-step workflows. What I really appreciate is the emphasis on running this model locally or accessing it through free APIs. This opens up the possibility of building powerful custom solutions without being tied to those expensive, proprietary systems.