Qwen Image 2.1 is now open weight at just 7B parameters!!
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Qwen Image 2.1 is now open weight at just 7B parameters!! It beats Nano Banana 2, Pro and Grok Image. This is finally the image model update I’ve been waiting for, with weights anyone can actually run. So excited for this, thank you @QwenDevs!
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