Alibaba Cloud’s Qwen family of large artificial intelligence models is currently the world’s largest open-source AI ecosystem. At the core of the Chinese company’s road map towards Artificial Superintelligence (ASI) – a hypothetical form of AI that far surpasses human intelligence – is Tongyi Lab, an engineering powerhouse composed of some of the country’s brightest young talent. They are the architects behind the Qwen series of foundational models that have captured global attention, including...