EventAI ModelsJuly 21, 2026

Alibaba previews Qwen3.8-Max, claims it's second only to Fable 5

Pricing lands at roughly $1.70 in / $5.10 out per M tokens versus Fable 5's $10 in / $50 out — about a tenth the cost. Alibaba claims the 2.4T-parameter multimodal model trails only Fable 5, but no benchmark table, model card, or license has been published.

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