Alibaba Says Qwen Team Is Stable, Confirms Former Head Junyang Lin’s Departure

Alibaba’s Qwen is a core model in the group’s push into generative AI and artificial general intelligence, with research and development led by Alibaba Cloud. Stability within the core team affects model development, cloud services and corporate customer confidence, drawing market attention to reports of a mass departure.

Alibaba quickly denied recent market rumors that Qwen’s core model team was leaving en masse, saying the team remained stable and services were operating normally. It also pledged to continue increasing investment in AGI. The company confirmed that former team head Junyang Lin had left and said future research and development would be led by Alibaba Cloud CTO Jingren Zhou. It did not disclose the exact date of Lin’s departure or any related financial details.