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Mar 6, 2025

32B open-weight model from Alibaba on par with DeepSeek R1

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  1. Alibaba’s QwQ-32B open-weight model on par with DeepSeek R1
  2. OpenAI tells investors it may be planning agents between $2K-$20K/mo
  3. Trump delays auto tariffs on Canada, Mexico for 1 month
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1. 32B open-weight model from Alibaba on par with DeepSeek R1

QwQ-32B has rivaled DeepSeek R1 and surpassed OpenAI’s o1-mini in benchmarks, per Alibaba:

X: Qwen.

  • 21x fewer parameters than R1’s 671B.

  • Apache 2.0 licensed.

  • Can typically work with 24GB vRAM GPU, vs. 1500GB+ vRAM required by R1.

  • 131.072K token context length.

  • Available through Hugging Face and ModelScope.

However, QwQ-32B has censored certain queries, including those about the Tiananmen Square incident

Qwen Chat.

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3. OpenAI tells investors it may be planning agents between $2K-$20K/mo

  • 20%-25% of OpenAI’s revenue is expected to come from agents over time.

  • High-end AI agents could act like PhD-level researchers.

  • $200/m ChatGPT Pro is currently OpenAI’s most expensive subscription.

  • ā€œ[W]e have to charge much more than $200 a month,ā€ Sam Altman said regarding agent pricing in Feb.

4. Trump delays auto tariffs on Canada, Mexico for 1 month

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