Qwen4-Max Preview rushed for Alibaba's 11.11 sale, open weights may be delayed, Redditor speculates
QuackerEnte · reddit · 2026-11-11
A Redditor speculates that Qwen4-Max-Preview's release timing — landing exactly on Alibaba's 11.11 shopping festival — suggests it was rushed to push discounted token subscription plans. From this they infer open-weights Qwen4 models (27B and hopefully flash) won't arrive soon: either they're not ready, or they risk being undertrained if shipped hastily. Supporting evidence: no benchmark results were published for Max Preview. Pure community speculation, not confirmed by Alibaba.
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