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Qwen-Audio
Qwen-Audio is an AI model made by Alibaba Tongyi. Alibaba Tongyi released it on 30 November 2023. It takes audio, text and returns text. Its weights are open.
- Released
- 30 November 2023 — github.com, read 16 October 2026
- Status
- Not confirmed: The maker's pages reviewed do not state whether Qwen-Audio is preview, generally available, deprecated, or retired.
- Takes
- Audio, Text — github.com, read 16 October 2026
- Returns
- Text — github.com, read 16 October 2026
- Open weights
- Yes — github.com, read 16 October 2026
- Licence
- Not confirmed: two readings disagree: Tongyi Qianwen LICENSE AGREEMENT and Check our license at LICENSE
- Context window
- Not confirmed: The model card and maker documentation reviewed do not print a standard context-window size in tokens.
- Longest answer
- Not confirmed: The model card and maker documentation reviewed do not print a standard maximum output length in tokens.
- Knowledge cutoff
- Not confirmed: The maker's pages reviewed do not state a knowledge-cutoff date.
- API price, input
- Not confirmed: The maker's pages reviewed do not publish a standard API input price for Qwen-Audio.
- API price, output
- Not confirmed: The maker's pages reviewed do not publish a standard API output price for Qwen-Audio.
- Where
- Downloadable weights — github.com, read 16 October 2026
- Parameters
- 8,000,000,000 — huggingface.co, read 16 October 2026
- Model card
- Not confirmed: two readings disagree: https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen-Audio and https://github.com/QwenLM/Qwen-Audio/blob/main/README.md
Questions
When was Qwen-Audio released?
Alibaba Tongyi released Qwen-Audio on 30 November 2023.
Are the weights of Qwen-Audio open?
Yes: Alibaba Tongyi publishes the weights of Qwen-Audio for download.
What does Qwen-Audio take and return?
Qwen-Audio takes audio, text and returns text.
How many parameters does Qwen-Audio have?
Qwen-Audio has 8,000,000,000 parameters, as Alibaba Tongyi publishes it.
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Sources
- Qwen-Audio (read 16 October 2026)
- LICENSE (read 16 October 2026)
- Qwen-Audio (read 16 October 2026)