Lin Chun-yang speaks out for the first time since leaving his job, stating that the focus of AI development is shifting towards intelligent agent systems.

2026-03-30 10:21
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Lin Junyang, former head of technology at Alibaba's Qianwen platform, published his first lengthy article since leaving the company, pointing out that the focus of AI development is shifting from simply pursuing model capabilities to system capabilities centered on agents. He believes that the key to future competition will no longer be the size of the model, but rather who can build an intelligent agent system capable of "executing tasks." This shift is already evident in the industry, for example, with companies beginning to use AI for customer service automation and code generation pipelines.