Alibaba's Qwen Releases Quantized AI Models on Hugging Face and ModelScope

May 17, 2025
Alibaba's Qwen has released quantized versions of its Qwen2.5-Omni-7B model on Hugging Face and ModelScope, enabling text and speech responses.

Alibaba has released quantized versions of its Qwen2.5-Omni-7B model on Hugging Face and ModelScope. The Qwen2.5-Omni-7B is a comprehensive multimodal AI model capable of processing text, image, video, and audio inputs, and providing responses in natural language via text and speech.

The release of these quantized models allows users to access the Qwen2.5-Omni-7B collection on both platforms, enhancing the model's accessibility and usability for various applications. This development follows the initial launch of the Qwen2.5-Omni-7B model, which was designed to deliver efficient and versatile AI solutions.

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