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Alibaba Open Sources Qwen-UI-Agent: The Real-World Multimodal Foundation Model Arrives

Alibaba has released Qwen-UI-Agent, an open-source model designed to interact with graphical user interfaces across various devices. The model is built to interpret screen layouts and execute tasks by simulating human actions such as clicking and typing. By enabling AI to navigate software applications directly through their visual interfaces, this tool aims to expand the functional reach of agents beyond text-based environments.

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