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Zhang Xiangyu: Multimodal Struggles & Two GPT-4 Moments

2:28:00

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Why it matters

A deep interview with Alibaba Tongyi's multimodal lead Zhang Xiangyu: the struggle history of multimodal research — the full path from Qwen-VL to today — and his prediction of two 'GPT-4 moments' in the next two years.

Key takeaways

  • Multimodal struggles: the complete Qwen-VL path from 0 to 1.
  • Two GPT-4 moments: his prediction of upcoming inflection points.
  • Chinese multimodal research: the gap with OpenAI/Google and the catch-up.
  • Engineering details: data, training, and evals.
  • Multimodality's relation to AGI.

Original video

Speaker
张祥雨(阿里通义)× 张小珺
Channel
张小珺|商业访谈录
Venue
Zhang Xiaojun's Interview
Date · Duration
Jun 2, 2025 · 2:28:00

102. 和张祥雨聊,多模态研究的挣扎史和未来两年的2个“GPT-4时刻”

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