- Updated: March 4, 2026
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Alibaba’s Qwen Team Faces Turnover as New Qwen 3.5 Model Launches
Simon Willison recently highlighted significant changes within Alibaba’s Qwen team, noting a wave of resignations that could impact the future of the project. Despite the leadership shifts, the team unveiled the Qwen 3.5 model family, showcasing impressive capabilities that push the boundaries of large language models.
The Qwen 3.5 series delivers higher token limits, better multilingual performance, and enhanced reasoning abilities, positioning it as a strong competitor in the AI landscape. Willison also raised concerns about the sustainability of the project given the recent departures of key engineers and managers.
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Andrii Bidochko is an AI entrepreneur and researcher focused on AI agents, reinforcement learning, and autonomous systems. He writes about the technologies shaping the future of machine intelligence, from frontier models and agent architectures to real-world AI applications.