# DeepMind

Giant Rift at Alibaba’s Qwen: Senior Leader’s Exit Triggers Mass Departures and Fears of a Turn Away from Open AI

Lin Junyang, the public technical leader of Alibaba’s open‑model Qwen project, has resigned and several core team members have followed. The exits coincide with a corporate reorganisation that shifts the project from vertically integrated research to horizontally split teams and places stronger emphasis on product KPIs such as DAU, provoking worries that Qwen’s open‑source character and research depth may be sacrificed for rapid commercialisation.

NeTe2026年3月4日 12:31

#Alibaba#Qwen#Lin Junyang

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Technology

Apple’s AI Brain Drain Deepens as Researchers Jump to Meta and DeepMind

Apple has lost at least four AI researchers — Yinfei Yang, Haoxuan You, Bailin Wang and Zirui Wang — who have joined Meta and Google DeepMind, following a recent departure of a senior Siri executive. The departures highlight a fierce talent competition in AI and raise concerns about Apple’s ability to rapidly scale advanced large‑model capabilities while maintaining its product and privacy constraints.

NeTe2026年2月1日 02:30

#Apple#AI talent#Meta