Alibaba's open-weight Qwen-Image-2.1 claims to beat closed models in image generation with just 7 billion parameters

Alibaba's Qwen team has announced the release of Qwen-Image-2.1, an open-weight model capable of generating and editing images on powerful consumer GPUs. The model supports transparency and allows the use of up to ten reference images simultaneously. The research license for this model prohibits commercial use, necessitating a separate Qwen license for such purposes. This model is a significant advancement in image generation, claiming to outperform closed models with just 7 billion parameters.