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Alibaba's HappyHorse video model launches with moderate capabilities, facing stiff competition

Alibaba's ATH Innovation division has launched HappyHorse, a new video generation model, which is now in beta testing and integrated with the Qwen App. Despite ranking highly on an AI video evaluation platform prior to its release, industry insiders and testers have found HappyHorse to be competent but lacking significant innovation compared to competitors like ByteDance's Seedance 2.0 and Kuaishou's Keling 3.0. While HappyHorse boasts a large parameter count and advanced features, its performance in areas like cinematic quality and prompt adherence is considered slightly inferior to Seedance 2.0, and its pricing, while competitive, has not yet convinced users to switch from existing solutions. AI

IMPACT HappyHorse's release intensifies competition in the video generation space, but its current performance suggests it may not significantly alter industry production structures.

RANK_REASON New model release from a non-frontier lab with mixed reviews and no significant benchmark shifts.

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Alibaba's HappyHorse video model launches with moderate capabilities, facing stiff competition

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  1. 36氪 (36Kr) TIER_1 中文(ZH) ·

    HappyHorse No Surprise

    <p>作者&nbsp;|&nbsp;兰杰</p> <p>编辑&nbsp;|&nbsp;乔芊</p> <p>4月27日,预热已久的HappyHorse终于开启测试,颇为遗憾的是,它没能像横空出世的Seedance2.0那样掀起巨浪。没有惊喜,对于HappyHorse来讲是一个颇为中肯的评价。&nbsp;</p> <p>HappyHorse是阿里巴巴ATH事业群旗下创新事业部研发的视频模型,于4月27日开启灰测,并接入千问App。</p> <p>该视频模型饱受关注的原因有二。&nbsp;</p> <p>一是因为在开放测试前,HappyHorse在未标注厂商的…