Alibaba's Qwen AI team loses a key leader, Junyang Lin

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Alibaba's Qwen AI division has lost a key leader, Junyang Lin, shortly after releasing new models. Lin, who joined Alibaba in 2019 and the Qwen team in 2023, announced his departure without details. This comes amid intense global AI competition and Alibaba's efforts to rival major AI developers. The Qwen models are prominent open-source AI projects from China, performing competitively. Lin's departure's circumstances are unclear, with a colleague suggesting it was not his choice.


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