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title: "Alibaba Unveils Qwen3.5, Aligning with the New Generation of AI Agents"
description: "Alibaba has launched Qwen3.5, an AI model with multimodal capabilities that can process text, images, and video simultaneously. It supports new coding standards and is compatible with popular open-sou"
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url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/276143102.md"
published_at: "2026-02-17T15:35:52.000Z"
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# Alibaba Unveils Qwen3.5, Aligning with the New Generation of AI Agents

> Alibaba has launched Qwen3.5, an AI model with multimodal capabilities that can process text, images, and video simultaneously. It supports new coding standards and is compatible with popular open-source tools. Despite having fewer parameters than previous models, Alibaba claims significant optimizations in performance, cost, and speed. The model can now operate in 201 languages, reflecting its international ambitions. Positioned as a competitor to models from OpenAI and Google, Qwen3.5's development comes amid fierce competition in the AI-agent sector, highlighting the narrowing performance gap between Chinese and Western AI models.

Equipped with native multimodal capabilities, the model can process text, images and video at the same time. It also supports new standards for coding and agentic systems, compatible with popular open-source tools such as OpenClaw. The open-weight version of Qwen3.5 is based on 397 billion parameters, a figure lower than some previous models, but Alibaba says performance has been significantly optimized, including in terms of cost and speed.

The announcement comes amid intense competition in China, where other players such as ByteDance and Zhipu AI have recently unveiled their own upgraded models. The AI-agent segment is drawing growing attention worldwide, as it could reshape entire parts of existing business models, particularly in digital services. In response, Alibaba says Qwen3.5 can now operate in 201 languages and dialects, up from 82 in the previous version, signaling its international ambitions.

The Qwen-3.5-Plus version, available via cloud hosting, is positioned as a direct competitor to flagship models from OpenAI, Anthropic or Google DeepMind. While the comparisons published by Alibaba have not yet been independently verified, they suggest a rapid narrowing of the gap between Chinese and Western model performance. Qwen3.5's rise also coincides with intensifying global competition, as OpenAI and Google accelerate work on autonomous agents, anticipating major upheavals in the architecture of the internet.

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