Alibaba Poaches Google DeepMind Research Scientist For Qwen AI Push

Group 1 - Alibaba Group is enhancing its artificial intelligence capabilities by hiring Zhou Hao from Google DeepMind to lead post-training research for its Qwen AI team [1][2] - Zhou Hao replaces Yu Bowen, who also left the company recently, while Alibaba has not yet announced a successor for Lin Junyang, the former technical lead of Qwen AI [3][4] - Lin Junyang's unexpected departure has caused significant reactions within the developer community, and he announced his exit without providing further details [4] Group 2 - Alibaba's stock has decreased nearly 5% over the past 12 months, underperforming the Nasdaq Composite Index, which gained approximately 23% during the same period [5] - The decline in Alibaba's shares is part of a broader trend affecting U.S.-listed Chinese tech stocks, which fell following Beijing's announcement of a 2026 GDP growth target of 4.5%–5%, the lowest since the early 1990s [5]