Alibaba announces upcoming open-weight Qwen 3.8

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Alibaba announces upcoming open-weight Qwen 3.8

Alibaba has announced Qwen 3.8, a 2.4-trillion-parameter large language model slated for an upcoming open-weights release. A preview version, Qwen3.8-Max-Preview, is currently accessible via Alibaba's Token Plan, Qoder, and QoderWork platforms.

// ANALYSIS

Alibaba's commitment to releasing a 2.4T parameter model with open weights is a direct challenge to proprietary frontier models, proving that open-weight AI is keeping pace with closed-source giants.

–At 2.4 trillion parameters, Qwen 3.8 enters the ultra-large model territory, showing Alibaba's readiness to train and share frontier-class infrastructure.
–Launching Qwen3.8-Max-Preview on platforms like Qoder and Token Plan allows Alibaba to gather early feedback and load-test before committing to the full open-weights release.
–With a claimed performance second only to Claude Fable 5, it signals intense competition not just with Western giants like Anthropic and OpenAI, but also local Chinese rivals like Moonshot AI's 2.8T parameter Kimi K3.

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2026-07-19

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