# foundation models
Latest news and articles about foundation models
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Alibaba’s Qwen3.5 Appears in Hugging Face Transformers — A Quiet Move That Could Amplify China’s AI Reach
A pull request adding Qwen3.5 to the Hugging Face Transformers repository surfaced on February 9, signaling Alibaba’s latest model is being integrated into the world’s primary open‑source AI toolkit. Whether the change includes usable weights or only interface support, the move lowers barriers for developers, broadens the model’s reach, and raises questions about licensing, safety and geopolitics.
China’s Next AI Frontier: Building ‘Super Individuals’ to Turn Foundation Models into a Productivity Boom
SenseTime CEO Xu Li argues China’s AI future hinges on cultivating "super individuals" and packaging foundation models as end-to-end delivery tools that empower single people to complete tasks. He warns that treating large models only as efficiency tools risks weak commercial outcomes; productised delivery that enables individuals will drive a pronounced productivity leap.
China’s StepFun Taps Qianli Chief and Raises >RMB5bn to Push Foundation Models into Devices
StepFun has appointed Qianli Technology chairman Yin Qi as its own chairman and closed a B+ round exceeding RMB 5 billion to accelerate development of foundation models and commercialise AI on devices. The funding and leadership change underscore a strategic push in China to embed large models into cars, smartphones, wearables and robots through close hardware partnerships.