Something is afoot in the land of Qwen

kept by eddie mar 05

Alibaba's Qwen team lead Junyang Lin and several other key researchers resigned, potentially losing the team behind the impressive open-weight Qwen 3.5 models.

Apple in talks with startup that shrinks AI models to run on an iPhone
PrismML compressed Alibaba's Qwen model from 54 GB to under 4 GB to run on an iPhone, and Apple is in early talks to evaluate the technology.
also on Alibaba, Qwen, #ai
Alibaba’s A.I. Is a Hit, but Hard to Turn Into a Moneymaker
Alibaba's open-source AI models gain global developer traction but struggle to generate revenue since they can be freely used and modified.
also on Alibaba, #china, #business-strategy, #open-source, #ai
AI infrastructure in the "Era of experience"
As open-source LLMs commoditize due to fierce Chinese competition, companies can build defensible moats through custom RL models trained on proprietary environments using LoRA and GRPO.
also on Qwen, #china, #open-source
Who's afraid of Chinese models?
The article discusses growing concerns among Western tech firms and policymakers that Chinese AI models are rapidly advancing and may challenge US dominance in generative AI.
also on Qwen, #china