Comment by echelon

You can run Alibaba's Qwen(Edit) locally too, and the company isn't as weird with its license, weights, or training set.

I personally prefer Qwen's performance here. I'm waiting to see other folks' takes.

The Qwen folks are also a lot more transparent, spend time community building, and iterate on releases much more rapidly. In the open rather than behind closed doors.

I don't like how secretive BFL is.