This is why Alibaba canned the more idealistic Qwen members [0] and now has the AI group directly report to Eddie Wu [1] (the CEO of Alibaba). Commercializatio

This is why Alibaba canned the more idealistic Qwen members [0] and now has the AI group directly report to Eddie Wu [1] (the CEO of Alibaba). Commercialization - not open source - is the name of the game now in Chinese AI [2]. [0] - https://www.ft.com/content/b39da303-3188-447b-8b65-3dd8dad8b59a?syn-25a6b1a6=1 https://www.ft.com/content/b39da303-3188-447b-8b65-3dd8dad8b... [1] - https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20260609VL215/alibaba-ceo-ai-commercial-business.html https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20260609VL215/alibaba-ceo-ai... [2] - https://m.guancha.cn/economy/2026_06_12_820253.shtml https://m.guancha.cn/economy/2026_06_12_820253.shtml