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Alibaba cut prices on its Qwen audio models by up to 95%
The company released five Qwen Audio 3.1 models covering recognition, synthesis, realtime interaction and audio creation. The cuts vary by service: text-to-speech about 70%, realtime about 85% and speech recognition by up to 95%. The recognition model supports 30 languages and 16 Chinese dialects, with a first-character response of about 160 milliseconds. The update adds speaker identification, emotion detection and style control through text instructions.
Sources
- Alibaba Cloud, “Alibaba Unveils Roadmap on Full-Stack AI Strategy from Chips, Cloud Infrastructure, Models to Agents”, (alibabacloud.com)
- Qwen (@Alibaba_Qwen), price cut announcement, (x.com)
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This story in Turkish: Alibaba, Qwen ses modellerinde fiyatları %95’e kadar düşürdü
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