Alibaba Qwen researcher pushes back on AI slowdown calls: 'Builders cannot pause'
pstAsiatech · x · 2026-09-15
Amid China's pushback on calls to slow AI development, Alibaba Qwen team researcher Zhang Xuanming wrote on X: "Those who already possess resources can afford a pause. Those who are still building their careers cannot."
The debate frames slowdown proposals—coming from Anthropic—as a possible ploy to entrench the US lead in AI.
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