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title: "Head of Alibaba's Qwen AI division resigns"
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description: "Lin Junyang, head of Alibaba's Qwen AI division, has resigned just two days after the company launched updated products. He announced his departure on X, stating, \"Bye my beloved Qwen,\" but did not provide further details. Qwen's mobile app saw a significant increase in monthly active users, rising to 203 million in February from 31.05 million in January, making it the third-largest AI app globally, following OpenAI's ChatGPT and ByteDance's Doubao."
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# Head of Alibaba's Qwen AI division resigns

By Che Pan and Laurie Chen

BEIJING, March 4 (Reuters) - The head of Alibaba Group’s (9988.HK) Qwen artificial intelligence model division, Lin Junyang, said on Wednesday that he would be stepping down from his role - a move that comes two days after the company released updated products.

“Bye my beloved Qwen,” Lin wrote in a post on X, without providing further explanation.

Lin and Alibaba did not immediately respond to Reuters requests for comment.

Qwen’s mobile application had 203 million monthly active users in February, surging from 31.05 million in January. It now ranks third globally behind OpenAI’s ChatGPT and ByteDance’s Doubao app, according to AICPB.com, which tracks AI products.

The jump came after Chinese tech giants launched aggressive campaigns to draw more users to their apps during the Lunar New Year holidays.

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