Chinese tech giants ByteDance and Alibaba Group Holding Limited
ByteDance and Alibaba Step Up Their AI Game to Challenge Google
TikTok parent ByteDance has launched its latest generative AI image model, Seedream 5.0, aiming to compete with Google's Nano Banana image editor at a more affordable price.
The Seedream 5.0 model is touted for its stronger reasoning capabilities, improved accuracy, and enhanced editing controls, offering more precise image generation in response to text prompts, SCMP reported on Tuesday.
ByteDance claimed that it delivers similar results to Google's Nano Banana Pro but at a lower cost.
The model is currently available for beta testing on ByteDance's platforms, Jimeng and CapCut.
Alibaba Cloud has also entered the competition with its new Qwen-Image-2.0 model, which features a lightweight architecture that enables faster generation.
According to Alibaba, Qwen-Image-2.0 outperforms Google's Nano Banana Pro, especially in rendering Chinese characters.
Alibaba Unveils RynnBrain and Qwen-Image-2.0 Models to Compete in AI
On Tuesday. Alibaba made a bold move in AI by unveiling RynnBrain, a new model designed to enhance robotics and task automation.
RynnBrain, developed by Alibaba's DAMO Academy, is an open-source AI model that can interact with its environment, understand spatial relationships, and determine the steps needed to complete tasks.
It can map objects, predict trajectories, and navigate complex environments such as kitchens or factory floors.
The model, which was benchmarked against Google's Gemini Robotics-ER 1.5 and Nvidia Corp's
It is trained on Alibaba's Qwen3-VL vision-language model and is available to developers on platforms such as Hugging Face and GitHub.
Additionally, Alibaba's Qwen models have seen impressive traction, surpassing 700 million downloads on Hugging Face, making them the most widely adopted open-source AI system.
This success is contributing to the company's strengthened position in the AI market, further evidenced by Meta Platforms Inc's
BABA Price Action: Alibaba shares were down 1.63% at $163.80 during premarket trading on Wednesday, according to Benzinga Pro data.
