China's Manus AI announces partnership with Alibaba's Qwen team

Chinese artificial intelligence start-up Manus AI announced on Tuesday a strategic partnership with the team behind Alibaba's (9988) Qwen AI models.

The two sides will collaborate based on Qwen's open-source AI models and aim to implement all of Manus' functionalities on China's domestic models and computing platforms, Manus co-founder Zhang Tao said on the Jike social media platform.

Alibaba did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

REUTERS