2026-03-04
Qwen is nothing without its people
TechCrunch
Junyang Lin, a tech lead on Alibaba's Qwen team, abruptly steps down, and two other team members leave; one contributor says “I know leaving wasn't your choice”
Alibaba's Qwen AI project has lost one of its most visible technical leaders just a day after the Chinese tech giant unveiled its new Qwen 3.5 open-weight small models.
2026-01-27
This is our best, best model so far (I love it so so much). We have integrated adaptive reasoning, search and CI into it, and put massive efforts on improving real-world user experience. Also, with the closure of Qwen3, it won't be long before the launch of Qwen3.5. Stay tuned!
Bloomberg
Chinese startup Moonshot releases Kimi K2.5, saying the model can process text, images, and videos simultaneously and beats its open-source peers in some tests
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.-backed Moonshot AI released an upgrade of its flagship model, heating up a domestic arms race ahead …
This is our best, best model so far (I love it so so much). We have integrated adaptive reasoning, search and CI into it, and put massive efforts on improving real-world user experience. Also, with the closure of Qwen3, it won't be long before the launch of Qwen3.5. Stay tuned!
Kimi
Moonshot says Kimi K2.5 builds on K2 with “pretraining over ~15T mixed visual and text tokens” and “can self-direct an agent swarm with up to 100 sub-agents”
Today, we are introducing Kimi K2.5, the most powerful open-source model to date.
2025-09-24
Qwen3-VL, this is what you many guys are always wanting. Enjoy 🍻
Bloomberg
Alibaba's Hong Kong-listed shares hit a nearly four-year high after CEO Eddie Wu announced plans to increase AI spending beyond the $53B target over three years
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.'s shares surged to their highest in nearly four years after revealing plans to ramp up AI spending past …
Qwen3-VL, this is what you many guys are always wanting. Enjoy 🍻
Simon Willison's Weblog
Alibaba releases the Qwen3-VL vision models, the Qwen3Guard “safety moderation” models, and three closed-weight models, including Qwen3-Max with 1T+ parameters
Qwen 50.6k — Safetensors qwen3_vl_moe Julian Nabil / Forbes Middle East : Alibaba Introduces Qwen3-Max AI Model With Over 1T Parameters Markus Kasanmascheff / WinBuzzer : Alibaba...