Qwen

2 entries between March 2026 and April 2026.

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  1. Alibaba splits Qwen into open and proprietary tiers

    Alibaba released Qwen3.6 in April 2026, a 35-billion-parameter mixture-of-experts model with 3 billion active parameters, under the Apache 2.0 license. It kept the more capable Qwen3.6-Plus and Qwen3.5-Omni proprietary, reachable only through Qwen’s apps and Alibaba Cloud.

  2. Alibaba’s Qwen chief resigns and its AI work is consolidated

    Lin Junyang, head of Alibaba’s Qwen model division, resigned in early March 2026, shortly after the release of Qwen3.5. On 17 March Alibaba formed a new AI unit, Alibaba Token Hub, placing Qwen and related work under chief executive Eddie Wu.