Alibaba released Qwen3.8-Max, first Max-class open-weights model
Qwen3.8-Max packs 2.4T parameters (95B active) and is the first Max-class Qwen released with open weights, arriving on Hugging Face and ModelScope next week. Alibaba's own benchmarks put Anthropic's Fable 5 ahead 15-7 across 31 tests; Qwen wins just 1 of 12 coding tests.
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