Alibaba's Qwen team has released Qwen-Image-2.1, a 7B diffusion transformer that handles text-to-image generation, multi-reference editing, and native RGBA transparency in one checkpoint. A prefix KV cache speeds up edits with up to 10 reference images. The weights are public, but commercial use requires a separate license from Qwen. The post Alibaba Qwen Releases Qwen-Image-2.1: A 7B Open-Weight Model for Image Generation and Editing appeared first on MarkTechPost.
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