US EditionAlibaba’s Qwen-3 becomes one of world’s first AI models to operate in orbit
Qwen-3 completed AI inference in orbit in under two minutes, leveraging space-based infrastructure benefits to enhance scalability and speed, marking a key step in China’s space computing.
- Alibaba Cloud’s Qwen-3 became one of the world’s first general-purpose AI model to be operated in orbit, marking a significant milestone in China’s space-based computing sector.
- Adaspace’s initial space computing centre is the world’s first AI computing satellite constellation, comprising 12 satellites and launched in May 2025, according to a Securities Times report.
- Wang stated that the entire Qwen-3 process was completed in less than two minutes, from uploading queries to returning results to Earth.
- With Qwen-3 operating in space, China is integrating artificial intelligence with orbital computing, potentially redefining data processing across various industries.
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Alibaba Cloud’s Qwen-3 becomes world’s first AI model to operate in orbit
Qwen-3 was successfully deployed in Adaspace’s initial space computing centre, part of the firm’s ambitious “Star-Compute Project”, a 2,800-satellite network aimed at powering physical AI and enabling both model training and inference in orbit, according to Alibaba exec.
There's An AI Model Operating In Space Now
Alibaba Cloud’s Qwen-3 has become one of the world’s first general-purpose artificial intelligence models to be deployed and run in orbit, according to a report by the South China Morning Post. The milestone marks a significant step in China’s push to develop space-based computing and reduce reliance on Earth-bound data centres. The model was uploaded […] The post There’s An AI Model Operating In Space Now appeared first on Wonderful Engineering.
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