LaunchAI ModelsJuly 19, 2026
Alibaba's Qwen launches Qwen3.8-Max-Preview, a 2.4T-parameter model

2.4 trillion parameters. Available on Alibaba Cloud and Qwen Chat for testing. Claims to be comparable to leading frontier models except Fable 5; open-weights coming soon.
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