Qwen Drops State-of-the-Art Open Image Model on New Year's Eve
Alibaba's Qwen team released Qwen-Image-2512, now the top-ranked open-source diffusion model, with local-run GGUF files available immediately — a quiet escalation in the open-source image generation race.
Alibaba's Qwen team chose New Year's Eve to release Qwen-Image-2512, which they describe as the leading open diffusion model for realistic human and texture generation. The announcement from @Alibaba_Qwen drew 1,800 likes and over 304,000 views — remarkable engagement for a holiday drop.
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