Head of Alibaba's Qwen AI division resigns
The Hindu
The head of Alibaba Group’s Qwen artificial intelligence model division, Lin Junyang, said on Wednesday he would be stepping down from his role
The head of Alibaba Group’s Qwen artificial intelligence model division, Lin Junyang, said on Wednesday he would be stepping down from his role, becoming the third senior Qwen executive to depart this year.
“Bye my beloved Qwen,” Lin wrote in a post on X, without providing further explanation.
Yu Bowen, who headed post-training for Qwen, also resigned on Wednesday, Chinese media outlet LatePost reported.
That follows the departure of Hui Binyuan, a staff research scientist focused on coding, in January.
The three men did not respond to requests for comment. Alibaba also did not respond to requests for comment on the departures.
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