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Is Qwen Going Closed? Open Weights vs Frontier (2026)
Qwen split into a closed frontier (Max, Plus, VLA) and an open mid-tier (3.6-27B and 35B-A3B). The 3.7 open weights aren't here yet. The honest read.
Qwen 3.7 Open Weights Watch: The June Window Is Closing
June 19: Qwen 3.7 open weights overdue. 3.5→3.6 cadence projected June 6-14; we're past. Max May 20 (56.6 AAI), VLA, Plus closed. Bench at drop.
Qwen's Architect Just Walked Out the Door
Junyang Lin, the technical lead and public face of Qwen, has left Alibaba. Two other senior team members gone with him. What this means for the model family that runs on half the local AI setups in the world.
Best Qwen Models Ranked: Which to Run Locally (Mid-2026)
Complete Qwen models guide covering Qwen 3.6, Qwen 3.5, Qwen 3, Qwen3-Coder-Next, and Qwen-VL. VRAM requirements, Ollama setup, hybrid Gated DeltaNet architecture, and benchmarks vs Llama 4 and DeepSeek V4.