# Alibaba's Joseph Tsai says only open-source AI can make it widely accessible

> Original title: 阿里巴巴蔡崇信乌镇谈AI发展：只有开源开放 才能普惠普及

- Source: Leiphone
- Published: 2026-11-03T05:36:00.000Z
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- Original: https://www.leiphone.com/category/industrynews/3UkL4LV5iwzPdSwN.html

## Summary

Alibaba co-founder and chairman Joseph Tsai told the 2026 World Internet Conference in Wuzhen that only open-source AI can create a sustainable, inclusive intelligent era. He said Chinese open models lead global downloads and derivative-model counts. Alibaba says its Qwen family has released more than 470 open models, with over 4 billion cumulative downloads and more than 330,000 derivatives.