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Alibaba releases massive open-weight Qwen3.8-Max AI model
The Decoder Alibaba’s open-weight Qwen3.8-Max takes on long-horizon AI tasks with 2.4 trillion parameters
Alibaba announced Qwen3.8-Max, a 2.4-trillion-parameter model designed to handle complex, multi-day tasks, with plans to release its weights next week.
Why it matters
A highly capable, open-weight model with 2.4 trillion parameters gives developers a powerful, cost-effective alternative to closed US models.
Latest brief · Aug 3, 2026