Qwen 3.8 27B sparks community debate on local LLM upgrades

Qwen 3.8 27B is widely praised as drastically better than previous Qwen models, with users debating whether to switch from Qwen 3.5 122B. A community manager hints a new midsize open-weight model may arrive next week.
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4 days · 0 reports · 5 community posts · from Aug 16
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