Qwen lead says Qwen 4.0 and 5.0 will stay open
11/03/2026 — 11/03, 01:17·1 sources (all)·1 reports (all)
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- Responding to rumors that Qwen 4 would be the last open-weight generation, Qwen lead Liu Dayi Heng said both Qwen 4.0 and Qwen 5.0 will cont…
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On November 3, 2026, the Reddit community LocalLLaMA relayed a statement from Liu Dayi Heng, head of Qwen, responding to rumors that had circulated over the preceding few days suggesting Qwen4 would be the final open-weight series and that future releases would be API-only. He explicitly contradicted those rumors, stating that the upcoming Qwen 4.0 and Qwen 5.0 will continue to be open source. He argued that the value of AI should not belong to only a few people, but should become a foundational capability broadly available to users. The material does not indicate when Qwen 4.0 and Qwen 5.0 will be released, what form of open release they will take, or under what weight licensing terms, so the current status of the matter remains an open-source commitment for these two versions with no further specifics provided.
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A Qwen executive has pushed back on rumors that Qwen4 would be the last open-weight series, saying future Qwen 4.0 and Qwen 5.0 will remain open source, according to a Reddit post relaying the statement. He argued AI's value should not belong only to a few.
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