Qwen Chat has announced updates to its AI models, introducing the Qwen2.5-Plus, which has been upgraded to qwen-plus-0125-exp. This new version incorporates advanced post-training techniques aimed at enhancing performance. The updates also include the introduction of Qwen2.5-Max, Qwen2.5-Turbo, and the new Qwen2.5-VL-72B-Instruct model. The company has noted that the improvements have reduced the performance gap between the Qwen2.5-Plus and Qwen2.5-Max models, although no benchmark scores were provided for this release. The updates are intended to streamline user experience by minimizing confusion over model options.