{"id":225047,"date":"2026-06-02T18:40:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T22:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/02\/alibabas-qwen3-7-plus-supports-text-video-and-imagery-inputs-at-low-cost-of-0-4-1-6-per-1m-token-but-its-proprietary\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T06:20:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T10:20:13","slug":"alibabas-qwen3-7-plus-supports-text-video-and-imagery-inputs-at-low-cost-of-0-4-1-6-per-1m-token-but-its-proprietary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/02\/alibabas-qwen3-7-plus-supports-text-video-and-imagery-inputs-at-low-cost-of-0-4-1-6-per-1m-token-but-its-proprietary\/","title":{"rendered":"Alibaba&#8217;s Qwen3.7-Plus supports text, video and imagery inputs at low cost of $0.4\/$1.6 per 1M token \u2014 but it&#8217;s proprietary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/venturebeat.com\/technology\/alibabas-qwen3-7-plus-supports-text-video-and-imagery-inputs-at-low-cost-of-0-4-1-6-per-1m-token-but-its-proprietary\">Alibaba&#8217;s Qwen3.7-Plus supports text, video and imagery inputs at low cost of $0.4\/$1.6 per 1M token \u2014 but it&#8217;s proprietary<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/venturebeat.com\/technology\/alibabas-qwen3-7-plus-supports-text-video-and-imagery-inputs-at-low-cost-of-0-4-1-6-per-1m-token-but-its-proprietary\">https:\/\/venturebeat.com\/technology\/alibabas-qwen3-7-plus-supports-text-video-and-imagery-inputs-at-low-cost-of-0-4-1-6-per-1m-token-but-its-proprietary<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-06-02 18:40:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"venturebeat.com\">venturebeat.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><strong>New AI Model Release<\/strong>: Alibaba launched Qwen3.7-Plus, the latest in its Qwen family of AI large language models, offering more multimodal capabilities and a 60% lower cost than its previous text-only model, Qwen3.7-Max.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Closed-Access Strategy<\/strong>: Unlike previous open-source Qwen models, Qwen3.7-Plus is now available only under a closed commercial license through proprietary APIs. 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