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Alibaba ends free tier for Qwen Code, cuts usage quota

Alibaba’s Qwen Code has discontinued its free tier. The message in the GitHub repository is explicit: “Qwen OAuth free tier has been discontinued.”

16 Apr 2026-16:13
Alibaba bets big on AI agents to reshape shopping

Alibaba is accelerating its artificial intelligence strategy by focusing on AI agents that connect the company’s sprawling ecosystem of businesses.

18 Mar 2026-11:47
Alibaba CEO to lead new AI-focused business group

Alibaba Group Chief Executive Eddie Wu will lead the company’s newly created AI-focused division, the Alibaba Token Hub (ATH) Business Group, the Chinese tech giant said on Monday.

16 Mar 2026-15:58
Alibaba eyes Qwen-powered AI agent for companies

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. is preparing to launch an agentic artificial intelligence service for businesses, aiming to capitalize on growing interest in AI assistants capable of performing real tasks.

16 Mar 2026-09:20
Alibaba creates AI task force after Qwen chief exits

Alibaba Group has created a new internal task force to accelerate the development of advanced artificial intelligence models following the resignation of a key executive from its Qwen AI division.

05 Mar 2026-09:45
Head of Alibaba’s Qwen AI division resigns

The head of Alibaba Group’s Qwen artificial intelligence division, Lin Junyang, announced Wednesday that he is stepping down from his role, just two days after the company released updated AI products.

04 Mar 2026-09:22
Alibaba’s Qwen3.5 AI models rival top U.S. LLMs

Alibaba has launched its Qwen3.5 Medium Model series, offering powerful large language models (LLMs) that run efficiently on local computers. The release includes four models, three of which are open source under the Apache 2.0 license, and one proprietary Flash model accessible via Alibaba Cloud.

26 Feb 2026-13:35
Alibaba debuts Qwen3.5 model for agentic AI push

Chinese technology giant Alibaba on Monday unveiled a new artificial intelligence model, Qwen3.5, designed for what it describes as the emerging “agentic AI era,” highlighting major gains in performance and cost efficiency that it says outperform leading U.S. competitors on several benchmarks.

16 Feb 2026-13:24
Alibaba AI chatbot halts coupons after user surge

Alibaba’s AI chatbot Qwen has temporarily stopped issuing shopping coupons after being overwhelmed by massive user demand during a major promotional campaign.

09 Feb 2026-12:41
Alibaba to spend $431M as China AI chatbot race heats up

Alibaba has announced plans to invest 3 billion yuan (about $431 million) to promote its Qwen artificial intelligence app during the Lunar New Year holiday, intensifying competition among China’s leading tech companies in the fast-growing AI chatbot market.

02 Feb 2026-09:52