The Qwen developers have hinted at the arrival of a new model, fueling speculation within the open-source community.

Rumors of a Multimodal Model

The image released by the developers suggests that the new model could be multimodal, meaning it can process not only text but also images. This capability would open up new possibilities for applications that require joint text and image understanding.

Qwen: A Growing Open-Source LLM

Qwen is a large language model (LLM) developed and released as open source. Its architecture and performance make it an interesting alternative for those looking for generative artificial intelligence solutions to implement locally or in environments with specific data sovereignty requirements. For those evaluating on-premise deployments, there are trade-offs to consider carefully, as highlighted by AI-RADAR's analytical frameworks on /llm-onpremise.