Alibaba releases Qwen3.8-Max; open weights expected next week

The 2.4T model reportedly coded autonomously for 16 days, and Alibaba claims it beats GPT-5.6 Sol while trailing only Anthropic's Fable 5. Pricing is $2/M input and $6/M output — 88% below Fable 5 on output. Open weights and a 27B variant arrive next week.