Is Qwen 4 27B Alibaba's last small open model? Rumors swirl
nikhilprasanth · reddit · 2026-11-02
Reddit discussion of an X rumor that Qwen 4 27B may be Alibaba's last small open-weight model, with larger future models possibly going closed. The poster finds no credible confirmation and worries about the local-deployment ecosystem.
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