On November 3, the 2026 World Internet Conference opened in Wuzhen, Zhejiang. Cai Chongxin, co-founder and chairman of the board of directors of Alibaba Group, said at the opening ceremony that demand for AI continues to rise, and computing power is in short supply. He believes that only open source can be popularized, and that open source can effectively reduce R&D costs for small and medium-sized enterprises, which is particularly important for developing countries. He revealed that Ali Qianwen has open-sourced more than 470 models, and the cumulative number of global downloads has exceeded 4 billion, and more than 330,000 derivative models.

On November 3, the 2026 World Internet Conference opened in Wuzhen, Zhejiang. Cai Chongxin, co-founder and chairman of the board of directors of Alibaba Group, said at the opening ceremony that demand for AI continues to rise, and computing power is in short supply. He believes that only open source can be popularized, and that open source can effectively reduce R&D costs for small and medium-sized enterprises, which is particularly important for developing countries. He revealed that Ali Qianwen has open-sourced more than 470 models, and the cumulative number of global downloads has exceeded 4 billion, and more than 330,000 derivative models.