Sources: Alibaba names senior AI researcher Dayiheng Liu as the head of its Qwen project, bringing clarity after multiple reorganization rounds earlier in 2026 (Juro Osawa/The Information)
Alibaba has put Dayiheng Liu in charge of Qwen after months of internal reshuffling.
The report says Liu is a senior AI researcher at Alibaba and will now lead the company’s Qwen large language model project. The appointment is framed as bringing clearer leadership after several reorganization rounds earlier in 2026. Techmeme’s excerpt does not add details on Liu’s mandate or the reasons for the earlier changes. Techmeme's note
The report says Liu is a senior AI researcher at Alibaba and will now lead the company’s Qwen large language model project. The appointment is framed as bringing clearer leadership after several reorganization rounds earlier in 2026. Techmeme’s excerpt does not add details on Liu’s mandate or the reasons for the earlier changes. Techmeme's note
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