Alibaba announces Qwen3.8, open-weight model with 2.4T parameters

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1. Jul 19
   • Alibaba’s Qwen Unveils Preview of Flagship AI Modelbloomberg.com
   • Alibaba Previews Qwen3.8-Max, a 2.4 Trillion-Parameter Multimodal Model, Days After Moonshot’s Kimi K3 Open-Weight Launchmarktechpost.com
   • 11 community posts
2. Jul 21
   • [AINews] not much happened todaylatent.space
   • Alibaba outlines Qwen3.8 with 2.4 trillion parameterstechnode.com
   • “Second only to Fable 5:” Alibaba talks the talk with Qwen3.8 without providing any real datathenewstack.io
   • Alibaba says Qwen3.8-Max is second only to Fable 5 — at roughly 1/10 the price. There's no benchmark table, model card, or license yet.
3. Jul 23
   • AI/ML API has put Qwen 3.8 Max preview against other top models, building three Three.js scenes in...
4. Aug 3
   • Qwen 3.8 Max now available on Vercel AI Gatewayvercel.com
   • Alibaba’s Qwen3.8-Max AI Model Claims Benchmark Scores Rivaling Anthropicbloomberg.com
   • Alibaba launches Qwen3.8 with 2.4 trillion parameterstechnode.com
   • Alibaba Qwen Releases Qwen3.8-Max: A 2.4 Trillion Parameter MoE Model and the Most Capable One in the Qwen Family to Datemarktechpost.com
   • China’s Alibaba takes another swipe at America’s AI supremacytheverge.com
   • Alibaba shares rally after unveiling its 'most powerful' AI model as U.S.-China competition heats upcnbc.com
   • Alibaba’s AI coded for 16 days straight and every commit is on GitHubthenewstack.io
   • 15 community posts
5. Aug 4
   • Qwen3.8-Max arrives with a bold claim: it outperforms GPT-5.6 Sol Max and Fable 5 on agentic computer useventurebeat.com
   • Open-source is WINNINGyoutube.com
   • [AINews] Qwen 3.8 Max(2.4T) and 27B, new open weights models for Coding and Coworklatent.space
   • Alibaba launches next-gen Qwen3.8 with 2.4 trillion parameterstechnode.com
   • What developers really think about Qwen3.8-Max: “An API business model wearing an open source jacket”thenewstack.io
   • Alibaba Just Gave Away Its Best AI Model For Free, Almost Matching Claude and ChatGPTdecrypt.co
   • 6 community posts
6. Aug 5
   • The Billion Dollar AI Race Just Brokeyoutube.com
7. Aug 6
   • Qwen 3.8-Max and Claude Opus 5 show why raw benchmark scores don't predict the billventurebeat.com
   • 4 community posts
8. Aug 7
   • AI News: Seedance, Qwen3.8, and Hank Green Dramayoutube.com
   • Alibaba Adds Scheduled Tasks and Office Assistant to Qwen Apptechnode.com
   • Alibaba Reportedly Plans Revenue-Sharing Terms for Next Qwen Modeltechnode.com
   • My issue with Artificial Analysis's 'intelligence index'
9. Aug 8
   • Anyone else amped up over Qwen 3.8?