Apple Reportedly Grabs The OG Team Behind Open-Source Qwen, Betting o…

Apple has reportedly hired the original Alibaba team behind open-source Qwen, as it deepens reliance on Chinese AI infrastructure to improve Siri in China while simultaneously lobbying Washington for access to blacklisted Chinese chip makers CXMT and YMTC. Apple is betting its China AI play on Alibaba's team, not its own research—meaning if US-China relations tighten further, your Siri replacement in the world's largest phone market just became a Qwen wrapper. That dependency now matters more than the tech.