Qwen3 Beats OpenAI, DeepSeek, Gemini

Welcome to another edition of AI PlanetX.

Alibaba’s Qwen3 outperforms OpenAI and Gemini; DeepSeek R2 set to raise the bar; ChatGPT brings shopping to search.

• Hottest AI News

• Top AI & SaaS Tools

• Top AI & Tech News

• Interesting Uses of AI: Prompt to Learn Any Skill with Resources

• AI Video Tutorial

• F-R-E-E AI Course of the Day: Multi AI Agent Systems with crewAI

Hottest AI News

Alibaba

Alibaba Launches Qwen3 AI Outperforming OpenAI, DeepSeek and Gemini

Chinese tech giant Alibaba has joined the AI race with Qwen3, a family of "hybrid" AI models claiming to match or exceed the capabilities of Google and OpenAI on various benchmarks.

Details:

• Qwen3 models use a hybrid approach for complex or quick responses, with sizes from 0.6B to 235B parameters, and are available under an open license on Hugging Face and GitHub

• Supporting 119 languages, Qwen3 was trained on 36 trillion tokens from diverse sources, with some models using a mixture of experts (MoE) for better efficiency

• The largest model, Qwen-3-235B-A22B, outperforms OpenAI's o3-mini and Google's Gemini 2.5 Pro on benchmarks like Codeforces, AIME, and BFCL, showing significant gains over Qwen2

Try it:

• Go to Qwen Chat, sign up or log in, and select any Qwen3 model (with Qwen3-235B-A22B being the most powerful) from the top

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High-Flyer

DeepSeek R2 Expected Soon With Breakthrough Performance Metrics

The tech world is abuzz with speculation over DeepSeek's upcoming R2 model, as the secretive Chinese AI startup draws global attention with its low-cost, high-performance systems following the success of V3 and R1.

Details:

• Social media claims R2 uses a hybrid mixture-of-experts setup with 1.2 trillion parameters—97.3% cheaper to develop than GPT-4o—splitting tasks across sub-networks to cut costs and boost performance

• Reports say R2 was trained on Huawei’s Ascend 910B chips, hitting 91% efficiency versus Nvidia A100s, hinting at China's move away from U.S. tech in AI development

• R2 may add vision capabilities missing in R1, though DeepSeek hasn’t confirmed any specs despite viral posts on Jiuyangongshe and X

DeepSeek has stayed tight-lipped, offering only occasional updates, while anticipation builds for its next move in the competitive AI race.

OpenAI

ChatGPT Expands Search Function with Shopping Tools

OpenAI has rolled out a significant upgrade to ChatGPT search, incorporating shopping capabilities that allow users to discover and purchase products more easily.

Details:

• It provides product recommendations with images, reviews, and purchase links based on user searches, covering categories like fashion, beauty, home goods, and electronics

• The update is live for all ChatGPT users, including Pro, Plus, F-R-E-E, and non-logged-in visitors, through the default GPT-4o model, positioning OpenAI against Google in product search

• OpenAI stresses that shopping results are independent, using third-party metadata for pricing, descriptions, and reviews, with no commission from purchases

ChatGPT search hit over one billion searches last week. Future updates include memory for personalized shopping, trending suggestions, and WhatsApp integration.

Top AI & SaaS Tools

• Vzy (Life-time Deal): Create sleek, professional websites with AI or templates—no coding needed—and customize on desktop or mobile with tools like forms, analytics, and SEO

• PageOn: No more static PowerPoint slides—use AI Agents that understand your goals to plan, research, and design dynamic, stunning visuals [F-R-E-E]

• Ztalk: Real-time voice translation desktop app compatible with all video conferencing tools, including GMeet, Zoom, and Teams [F-R-E-E]

• Promptaa: Start with a simple prompt, let AI improve it, and save the best versions for when you need them [F-R-E-E]

• Strawberry: A browser that integrates AI to research websites, create personalized content, take meeting notes, and automate tasks [F-R-E-E]

Top AI & Tech News

• Hugging Face has launched the SO-101, an improved, programmable 3D-printed robotic arm starting at $100

• OpenAI is fixing GPT-4o's issue of over-flattering users and agreeing with all statements, including harmful ones, based on feedback

• Higgsfield introduced Iconic Scenes, a feature that re-creates movie scenes with a different subject using a single selfie

• White House ordered all federal agencies to quickly expand AI use, including in healthcare diagnostics and insurance eligibility

• Meta’s AI therapy chatbots, developed by AI Studio are falsely claiming to have legitimate psychology credentials

Interesting Uses of AI

AI Art Spotlight

Model: Midjourney V7

Prompt:

First-person POV of a fluffy ginger cat taking a selfie on the Great Wall, holding a smartphone with its paw, ancient stone bricks and watchtowers in background, morning mist over mountains, cat grinning at camera, warm sunlight, ultra-detailed fur texture, shallow depth of field, shot on Canon EOS R5 --ar 4:5 --raw --stylize 50 --v 7

AI Prompt of the Day

Top AI Video Tutorial

Stanford Creativity Expert: This Simple Shift will 10x Your AI Creativity

This video shows how non-technical professionals can work with generative AI as a teammate, using it to ask questions for context and to enhance creativity and productivity at work.

Complimentary AI Course of the Day

Multi AI Agent Systems with crewAI

This course covers key principles of designing effective AI agents and organizing a team of AI agents to perform complex, multi-step tasks. You will learn from João Moura, founder and CEO of crewAI.