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Good morning, AI enthusiasts. Alibaba just launched Qwen3, a new family of AI models that match or beat top players like DeepSeek and OpenAI—while using less computer power.

With models ranging from small, efficient versions to a huge 235B flagship, could Alibaba’s move change the race in both AI research and business applications?

In Today’s AI Daily:

• Alibaba's Qwen3 challenges AI giants

• ChatGPT expands into shopping

• NVIDIA's open model outsmarts PhDs

• Perplexity now on WhatsApp

• New AI tools & prompts

LATEST DEVELOPMENTS

ALIBABA

🧠 Alibaba unveils Qwen3 with powerful reasoning capabilities

The AI Daily: Alibaba just launched Qwen3, a new family of large language models that includes both large and small versions capable of matching or beating top competitors like DeepSeek and OpenAI in key benchmarks.

Key notes:

• The top model, Qwen3-235B-A22B, competes with big names like DeepSeek-R1, o1, and Grok-3.

• A smaller MoE model beats bigger models while using 10x fewer resources.

• Qwen3 supports 119 languages and dialects, making it easy to use worldwide.

• It has a “hybrid thinking mode” that saves computer power while keeping strong performance.

• All models are available on platforms like Hugging Face and can be used with different tools.

Why it matters: As the race to build better AI heats up, Alibaba could shake up the market with models that are both powerful and efficient. With strong reasoning, support for many languages, and flexible ways to use them, Qwen3 looks ready to be a big player in both research and business.

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OPENAI

🔍 ChatGPT Search gets major upgrade with shopping features

The AI Daily: OpenAI just made big upgrades to ChatGPT’s Search tools, adding new shopping features, better citations, and faster search. In just one week, users made over 1 billion searches through ChatGPT.

Key notes:

• New shopping features show pictures, prices, reviews, and buy links for products.

• Product suggestions are independent and not paid ads.

• You can now use WhatsApp to chat with 1-800-ChatGPT for answers and sports scores.

• Improved citations show multiple sources and highlight which parts of the answer come from each one.

• Search now has trending topics and autocomplete suggestions to save time.

Why it matters: These upgrades make ChatGPT more than just a place to ask questions—it’s now a real search and shopping platform. By giving clear product info and trustworthy sources, OpenAI is moving closer to competing with Google and Amazon. Adding WhatsApp access also makes it even easier for millions more people to use ChatGPT every day.

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NVIDIA

🧠 NVIDIA’s new open reasoning model outsmarts PhD experts

The AI Daily: NVIDIA just launched Llama Nemotron Ultra, a powerful open-source AI model that scores 76% on graduate-level science tests—beating human PhD experts, who average 65%.

Key notes:

• Built on Meta’s Llama 3.1 and trained for complex thinking.

• Handles science questions, coding problems, and math challenges really well.

• Works 4x faster than other open models while staying accurate.

• Includes two free training datasets that helped teach it how to reason better.

• Made for real-world jobs like research assistants, coding copilots, and automated workflows.

• Has a setting to turn deep thinking on or off depending on the task.

Why it matters: Before now, strong reasoning AI was mostly locked inside private, closed systems. NVIDIA is making it open and free, letting more companies build smart AI tools that can solve problems—not just write text. This could speed up research, coding, and many other complex tasks for businesses of all sizes.

FAST TRACKS

🗞️ What matters in AI right now?

Perplexity launched its AI search service on WhatsApp, letting users get answers, sources, and even create images, with more features coming soon.

Amazon added Writer Palmyra X5 to Amazon Bedrock, a tool that can read and process entire books in seconds to improve AI understanding.

Gamma launched AI Image Editing, letting users edit and animate pictures right inside the platform using chat commands or quick tools.

Windsurf upgraded its free plan, now offering 25 premium credits, unlimited completions, and more ways to use and deploy AI models.

Daytona launched Daytona Cloud, a platform built for AI agents with super-fast setup times, Docker support, and global deployment options.

Higgsfield AI released Iconic Scenes, letting users insert their selfies into famous movie scenes like Titanic, The Matrix, and The Godfather with one click.

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