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📆 ThursdAI - July 24, 2025 - Qwen-mas in July, The White House's AI Action Plan & Math Olympiad Gold for AIs + coding a 3d tetris on stream

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Jul 24, 2025
This week’s guests are Junyang Lin, a vital member of Alibaba's Qwen team, known for his work on large language models, and Joseph Nelson, co-founder and CEO of Roboflow, who recently engaged with the White House on its AI Action Plan. They discuss the exciting release of multiple new AI models from Alibaba, including the game-changing Qwen3-235B-A22B, along with insights into governmental regulations affecting AI. Plus, a live coding challenge creates a Tetris game, showcasing innovative AI integration and impressive problem-solving in competitive settings!
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INSIGHT

Alibaba Qwen Separates Reasoning Models

  • Alibaba Qwen's new 235B model separated reasoning and instruct capabilities for better overall performance.
  • This non-reasoning model outperforms previous hybrid models on multiple benchmarks, surprising the open-source community.
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US AI Action Plan Embraces Open Source

  • The US White House AI Action Plan strongly supports open source AI leadership as a national priority.
  • It includes deregulation, infrastructure expansion, and investment incentives to maintain US competitiveness.
ADVICE

Setup Qwen Coder with Klein Inference

  • Configure Klein with weights and biases inference to use Qwen coder model with extended context.
  • Use OpenAI-compatible API headers and look for setup guides on weights and biases Twitter for credits.
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