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Qwen3.8-27B open-weight model tops Hugging Face trending

Alibaba's Qwen3.8-27B, a 27B-parameter multimodal dense model with 262K native context, is now the #1 trending model on Hugging Face. It scores 52 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, matching GPT-5.6 Luna (max).

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