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Qwen 3.7 unlikely to be open-sourced amid team departures

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Speculation suggests that Qwen will not release their Qwen 3.7 model as open source, following the departure of key personnel like Junyang Lin. This move would position Qwen as the last major Chinese AI lab to not have recently released an open-source model, with other labs like GLM, Kimi, MiniMax, and DeepSeek having provided recent open-source updates. The community anticipates that Qwen's future models will remain closed-source. AI

IMPACT Potential shift in open-source model availability from a major Chinese AI lab could impact research and development.

RANK_REASON The item is a discussion and speculation about a potential future model release strategy, not an announcement.

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Qwen 3.7 unlikely to be open-sourced amid team departures

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  1. r/LocalLLaMA TIER_1 English(EN) · /u/DistanceSolar1449 ·

    Qwen is never going to open source Qwen 3.7, aren't they?

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Well, this was predictable. After Qwen fired Junyang Lin, the next models are no longer open source.</p> <p>Ignoring the small models for a minute, they’ve fully locked down all the big models. No Deepseek/GLM competitor.</p> <p>And all the rumor…

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