Alibaba to Release Open-Weight Qwen3.8-Max, Pressuring US Rivals
emmanuelvivier · x · 2026-08-10
Alibaba is reportedly planning to release an open-weight version of its Qwen3.8-Max model.
This move is seen as a major push by the Chinese tech giant in the open-source LLM space, continuing to apply significant competitive pressure on US AI leaders like OpenAI.
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