Key Researcher Departs Alibaba's Qwen AI Team Amid Concerns About Project's Future
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Summary
The article discusses recent high-profile departures from Alibaba's Qwen AI research team, particularly the resignation of lead researcher Junyang Lin, who was instrumental in developing the Qwen 3.5 family of open weight models. The author expresses concern that these departures might signal trouble for the Qwen project, potentially making Qwen 3.5 the team's "swan song." The piece reflects on the significance of these personnel changes in the context of the competitive AI landscape and the importance of open weight models.
Key quotes
· 4 pulledI'm hoping that the 3.5 family doesn't turn out to be Qwen's swan song, seeing as that team has had some very high profile departures in the past 24 hours.
Junyang Lin was the lead researcher building Qwen, and was key to releasing their open weight models from 2024 onwards.
me stepping down. bye my beloved qwen.
It all started with this tweet from Junyang Lin (@JustinLin610):
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