Qwen-Image-2.1: Compact, Efficient, Unified Image Generation

Alibaba's Qwen team released Qwen-Image-2.1, a compact, efficient, and unified image generation model. It drew discussion on Hacker News, signaling intensifying competition in open image generation.

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