A public feud over model originality threatens China’s collaborative AI front, with Huawei denying whistleblower claims of cloning Alibaba’s Qwen model amid rising global scrutiny.

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Huawei's artificial intelligence research division has rejected claims that a version of its Pangu Pro large language model ...

Huawei's Noah Ark Lab denies allegations that its Pangu Pro model copied from Alibaba's Qwen 2.5 14B, asserting independent development and highlighting innovations in AI technology.

Apart from Huawei and Alibaba, several other Chinese tech firms have also applied to the CAC to build deepfake technology. These include Tencent, Baidu, as well as ByteDance.