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Alibaba announces Qwen3.8-Max model with 2.4 trillion parameters
The Decoder Alibaba’s open-weight Qwen3.8-Max takes on long-horizon AI tasks with 2.4 trillion parameters
Alibaba announced its flagship Qwen3.8-Max model, designed for autonomous long-horizon tasks, with plans to release the model weights next week.
Why it matters
This massive open-weight model offers frontier-level performance for complex, multi-day tasks, providing a powerful alternative to closed US models.
Latest brief · Aug 3, 2026