Users Claim Qwen 4 Max Preview Is Claude-Distilled With Overbearing Guardrails

Reddit users claim Qwen 4 Max Preview appears to be distilled from Claude and inherits its overly strict safety guardrails, degrading usability; the author prefers the older Qwen 3.7/3.8 Max for health-related queries.

2026-11-15 ~ 2026-11-15 · 3 related posts

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