Ant Group releases Ling 2.6 AI model family with trillion-parameter flagship

Ant Group has released Ling 2.6, a new family of open-source AI models that rival Western counterparts like DeepSeek and Qwen. The flagship version boasts a trillion parameters, while a leaner 'flash' model features 104 billion parameters with 7.4 billion active parameters. Both models are available under the MIT license and can be tested via OpenRouter. AI

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IMPACT Expands the landscape of powerful open-source models, potentially increasing competition and accessibility.

RANK_REASON Release of open-source AI models from a non-frontier lab. [lever_c_demoted from research: ic=1 ai=1.0]

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• Ant Group
• Ling 2.6
• DeepSeek
• Qwen
• OpenRouter
• MIT

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