Alibaba recruits Google DeepMind contributor to join Qwen AI team, sources say
South China Morning Post
by Vincent ChowMarch 4, 2026
Alibaba Group Holding has recruited a research scientist from Google DeepMind to bolster development efforts for its Qwen artificial intelligence models, in an internal restructuring that has seen the departure of previous technical lead Lin Junyang.
While no successor to Lin was announced, former Google senior staff research scientist Zhou Hao was joining Alibaba as head of post-training research, replacing Yu Bowen, who also departed this week, two sources said.
Zhou, who holds a PhD from the...
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Originally published on South China Morning Post on 3/4/2026