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Why it matters
Alibaba releases massive open-weight Qwen 3.8 model
The Decoder Alibaba's Qwen takes on Kimi K3 with open-weight Qwen 3.8, says model is "second only to Fable 5"
Alibaba announced Qwen 3.8, a multimodal open-weight AI model with 2.4 trillion parameters that rivals top proprietary systems.
Why it matters
It gives developers access to a highly capable, trillion-parameter model they can run and customize without relying on closed APIs.
Latest brief · Jul 22, 2026