GPT Weekly Report | Alibaba Rumors of Large Model Team's Collective Resignation; Netflix Acquires AI Company; ByteDance Seedance 2.0 Pricing

WealthCoffee · 2026-03-08T04:54:01+00:00

Netflix has acquired InterPositive, an AI film and television production company founded by Ben Affleck, and plans to integrate the team with Affleck serving as an advisor. Meanwhile, Alibaba denied rumors of a collective departure of the Qianwen model team, stating that the team is stable and the product is operating normally.

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2026-03-08 04:54:01

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Netflix Acquires AI Film and TV Production Company

On March 6, Netflix announced the acquisition of InterPositive, a film and TV production technology company founded by Hollywood actor Ben Affleck. InterPositive mainly develops AI tools for filmmaking. Through this acquisition, Netflix plans to integrate the entire InterPositive team into Netflix, with Affleck joining as a senior advisor. Ben Affleck’s self-directed and starred film “Argo” won the Best Picture Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards. He stated that he decided to create InterPositive in 2022 after observing the rise of AI in film production, and has already launched a model capable of understanding visual and editing logic.

Alibaba Denies Collective Departure of Large Model Team

On the evening of March 5, Alibaba Group responded to recent false rumors circulating online about the “collective departure of Alibaba’s ‘Qianwen’ model core team” and “adjustments to open-source strategies.” Alibaba stated that the Qianwen model team is stable, with no such “collective departure” occurring, and all products and services are operating normally. Additionally, Qianwen will continue its open-source strategy. The core model team has never been assigned commercial KPIs such as DAU. The goal of the Qwen large model is to continuously push the limits of AI intelligence and achieve AGI (Artificial General Intelligence). On the early morning of March 4, Alibaba’s Qianwen project leader Lin Junyang announced his departure on social platform X: “I am about to leave. Goodbye, my beloved Qwen.” At the same time, three technical team members of Qianwen announced their departure, including the post-training lead Yu Bowen and intern Kaixin Li, as well as code model lead Hui Bin Yuan.

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