Jan 16, 2026 | The Tongyi Weekly: Your weekly dose of cutting-edge AI from Tongyi Lab
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Tools & Models
Powerful ControlNet Union
Qwen-Image-2512-Fun-Controlnet-Union from alibaba-pai
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Unblur‑Upscale
Qwen-Image-Edit-2511-Unblur-Upscale from prithivMLmods
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Smarter Control
Z-Image-Turbo-Fun-Controlnet-Union-2.1-2601 from Alibaba‑PAI
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Image Rotation Restoration
Qwen-Image-Edit-2511-Gaussian-Splash from dx8152
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Anime Sketch Extractor
QwenImageEdit_LoRA from yeq6x – a must‑have for animators and illustrators.
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Sampling Optimized for Z‑Image
ComfyUI-LG_SamplingUtils from LAOGOU‑666
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About Tongyi Lab
Tongyi Lab is a research institution under Alibaba Group dedicated to artificial intelligence and foundation models, focusing on the research, development, and innovative applications of AI models across diverse domains. Its research spans large language models (LLMs), multimodal understanding and generation, visual AIGC, speech technologies, and more.