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Alibaba announces massive Qwen3.8-Max open-weight AI model
The Decoder Alibaba’s open-weight Qwen3.8-Max takes on long-horizon AI tasks with 2.4 trillion parameters
Alibaba announced its new 2.4-trillion-parameter flagship model, Qwen3.8-Max, which is designed for long-horizon autonomous tasks and will be open-weight next week.
Why it matters
Developers gain access to a highly capable, free-to-use model that can autonomously handle complex, multi-day research and design tasks.
Latest brief · Aug 4, 2026