RIO3.5 OUTPERFORMS QWEN3.7 IN LATEST BENCHMARKS
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Rio de Janeiro's city government has developed Rio3.5, an AI model that surpasses Alibaba's Qwen3.7 in recent benchmark testing. The development marks progress in localized AI systems for municipal governance.
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