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Alibaba announces Qwen3.8-Max and plans open-weight releases

Alibaba describes a 2.4-trillion-parameter model for coding and cowork use and says two sets of weights are planned for the following week.

Overview

Alibaba announced Qwen3.8-Max, describing it as a 2.4-trillion-parameter model aimed at coding and cowork use. The company says Qwen3.8-Max and Qwen3.8-27B weights are planned for release the following week; the release status and vendor-reported performance figures remain unverified.

Why it matters

A completed open-weight release could expand the set of large models available for independent deployment and evaluation.

The announcement is still a plan, and its long-horizon agent and production-deliverable claims have not been independently reproduced.

Key facts

  • Alibaba announced Qwen3.8-Max and described it as a 2.4-trillion-parameter model for coding and cowork use.

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  • Alibaba says Qwen3.8-Max and Qwen3.8-27B weights are planned for release the following week.

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Open questions

  • Will both weight releases arrive on the announced schedule and under what licenses?
  • How will independent evaluations compare with Alibaba's agent-performance claims?

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