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Alibaba Releases Qwen3.8 Flash, a Multimodal Reasoning Model with 1M-Token Context
Alibaba has released Qwen3.8 Flash, a multimodal reasoning model with a 1 million token context window, aimed at coding, agentic workflows, and visual/document analysis. It's priced at $0.16 per 1M input tokens and $0.47 per 1M output tokens through Alibaba Cloud International.
Alibaba Releases Qwen3.8-Flash-Next: 125B-Parameter MoE Model Matches Larger Rivals at $0.16/$0.47 per Million Tokens
Alibaba's Qwen team released Qwen3.8-Flash-Next, a 125-billion-parameter mixture-of-experts model that activates just 6 billion parameters per token and previews architecture planned for Qwen4. The model outperforms the much larger Qwen3.7-Plus at roughly one-ninth the training cost and ships at $0.16 per million input tokens and $0.47 per million output tokens.
Qwen3.8-Flash-Next Debuts with 125B-Parameter Hybrid Architecture, Previews Qwen4 Design
Qwen3.8-Flash-Next is an experimental preview of the architecture Alibaba's Qwen team plans to use for Qwen4, combining hybrid attention, gated residuals, and n-gram embeddings in a 125B-parameter model with only 6B activated per token. Unsloth has released Dynamic 3.0 GGUF quantizations for local inference.
Alibaba Releases Qwen3.8-Flash-Next, a 125B-Parameter Preview of Qwen4's Architecture
Alibaba's Qwen team has released Qwen3.8-Flash-Next, an open-weight model with 125B total parameters (6B activated) that previews architectural changes planned for Qwen4, including a new sparse attention mechanism and n-gram embeddings. The model natively supports 262,144 tokens of context, extensible to 1 million.
Alibaba Launches Wan3.0, Generating AI Videos Up to 30 Seconds From Text, Images, and Documents
Alibaba's Wan3.0 video generation model is now in beta, producing clips up to 30 seconds long and accepting text, images, video, audio, and documents like PDFs and PowerPoint files as input. Pricing runs per second of output across two tiers and three resolutions.
Qwen 3.8 27B Launches with Vision Support and a 262K Context Window—But Its Default Settings Cause Massive Overthinking
Alibaba's Qwen research lab has released Qwen 3.8 27B, an Apache 2.0 licensed, vision-capable model with a 262,144-token context window. Independent testing found the model's default 'xhigh' reasoning setting causes it to massively overthink simple prompts, turning quick tasks into 20-minute ordeals.
Alibaba Releases Qwen3.8 Open-Weight Models Under Apache 2.0, Including 27B Multimodal Model with 262K Native Context
Alibaba's Qwen team has released open weights for Qwen3.8, including a 27-billion-parameter multimodal dense model with 262,000 tokens of native context. The models ship under the Apache 2.0 license and are available on Hugging Face and ModelScope.
Alibaba Releases Qwen3.8-27B-FP8, a 27B Dense Vision-Language Model with 1M-Token Context
Alibaba's Qwen team has released FP8-quantized weights for Qwen3.8-27B, a 27-billion-parameter dense vision-language model with native 262,144-token context extensible to 1 million tokens. The model claims gains over its Qwen3.6 and Qwen3.7 predecessors on coding, agentic, and multimodal benchmarks.
Alibaba Releases Qwen3.8-27B, a Dense Vision-Language Model with 1M-Token Context
Alibaba's Qwen team has released Qwen3.8-27B, a 27-billion-parameter dense vision-language model with 262,144-token native context extensible to 1 million tokens. The model shows gains over Qwen3.6-27B and Qwen3.7-Plus across coding, agentic, and multimodal benchmarks, according to Alibaba.
Alibaba Releases Qwen3.8-2.4T-A95B-FP8: 2.4T-Parameter Open Model with 1M-Token Context
Alibaba's Qwen team has released Qwen3.8-2.4T-A95B-FP8, an open-weight, FP8-quantized MoE model with 2.4 trillion total parameters and 95 billion activated per token. It natively supports 262,144 tokens of context, extensible to 1,010,000, and forms the base for the hosted Qwen3.8-Max API.
Qwen Releases Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B, a 2.4-Trillion-Parameter Open-Weight MoE Model
Qwen has released Qwen3.8 2.4T A95B, an open-weight sparse mixture-of-experts model with 2.4 trillion total parameters and 95 billion active parameters per forward pass. The model is the open-weight variant of Qwen3.8 Max, targeting coding, research, complex reasoning, and agentic workflows with a 262K token context window.
Alibaba Releases Qwen3.8, a 2.4T-Parameter MoE Model with 262K Native Context
Alibaba's Qwen team has released Qwen3.8-2.4T-A95B, a 2.4-trillion-parameter mixture-of-experts model activating 95B parameters per token. The company claims it is the first open-weight release to reach Qwen-Max-class performance, with a hosted variant, Qwen3.8-Max, offering 1M-token context and vision input.
Apple Confirms Siri's New AI Features in China Run on Alibaba's Qwen Models, Not Gemini
Apple has confirmed that its new Siri AI features in China will be powered by Alibaba's Qwen models rather than Google Gemini, which handles Siri AI elsewhere. A published guide indicates users will need separate Qwen accounts, suggesting the privacy protections built into Apple's Private Cloud Compute won't apply.
Qwen3.8 Max Matches Claude Opus 4.8 on Intelligence Index, But Costs 2x More Per Task Than Predecessor
Alibaba's Qwen3.8 Max jumps 10 points to 56 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, putting it on par with Claude Opus 4.8. But Kimi K3 still edges it out at a lower per-task cost, and Qwen3.8 Max shows a sharp rise in hallucination rate.
Alibaba Unveils Qwen3.8-Max, a 2.4T-Parameter Open-Weight Model for Coding and Agentic Work
Alibaba announced Qwen3.8-Max, a 2.4T-parameter flagship model targeting coding and long-horizon agentic work, with open weights promised for next week alongside Qwen3.8-27B. The model posted strong third-party benchmark results, ranking #4 in Frontend Code Arena and matching Claude Opus 4.7 on the Vals Index at roughly 2.3x lower cost.
Alibaba Markets Qwen 3.8 as a Job Enhancer, Not a Job Killer — But Skips the Technical Specs
Alibaba is promoting its new Qwen 3.8 model with marketing that frames AI automation as liberating rather than threatening, a departure from the fear-based messaging common among Western AI labs. The company has not disclosed technical specifications, benchmark scores, or pricing for the model.
Alibaba Releases Qwen3.8 Max, a Multimodal Reasoning Model with 1M Token Context
Alibaba has moved Qwen3.8 Max out of preview into general availability, positioning it as the flagship of the Qwen3.8 series with a 1 million token context window and multimodal input support. The model is priced at $2.00 per million input tokens and $6.00 per million output tokens via OpenRouter.
Alibaba Releases Qwen3.8-Max, a 2.4 Trillion-Parameter Model Built for Multi-Day Autonomous Tasks
Alibaba has released Qwen3.8-Max, a 2.4-trillion-parameter model with 95 billion active parameters per query, designed to run autonomous tasks over multiple days. The company claims it hits 93 on PaperBench and rivals Claude Opus 4.8 and GPT-5.6 Sol on internal benchmarks, with open weights arriving next week.
Alibaba Launches Qwen3.7 Flash: 1M-Context Vision-Language Model at $0.03/$0.13 per 1M Tokens
Alibaba has released Qwen3.7 Flash, a vision-language reasoning model with a 1 million token context window aimed at multimodal agents, visual coding, and computer-use tasks. The model is priced at $0.03 per 1M input tokens and $0.13 per 1M output tokens and is available through OpenRouter.
Alibaba Releases Qwen-Image-3.0, an Image Generator That Renders 10-Pixel Text and 3x3 Infographic Grids in One Pass
Alibaba's Qwen team has released Qwen-Image-3.0, an image generator that accepts prompts up to 4,500 tokens and can render legible text as small as ten pixels, complex LaTeX formulas, and twelve languages in a single pass. The model is currently invite-only via API, and unlike its predecessor, it likely won't ship with open weights.
Alibaba releases Qwen 3.8, a 2.4 trillion parameter open-weight model claiming second place behind Fable 5
Alibaba has released Qwen 3.8, a 2.4 trillion parameter open-weight model that the company claims trails only Fable 5. The multimodal model processes images, videos, and documents, with a preview available through Alibaba's platforms at 10 percent of standard pricing.
Alibaba previews Qwen3.8 with 2.4 trillion parameters, claims second place without benchmark data
Alibaba unveiled Qwen3.8 at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai, claiming the 2.4 trillion parameter model ranks second only to Anthropic's Fable 5. The company provided no benchmark scores, model card, or independent verification to support the claim.
Moonshot AI and Alibaba release 2.8T and 2.4T parameter models, claim performance near GPT-5.6 and Claude Fable 5
Within days, Moonshot AI and Alibaba unveiled what they claim are frontier-class models. Moonshot's Kimi K3, at 2.8 trillion parameters, and Alibaba's Qwen3.8, at 2.4 trillion parameters, will both be released as open-weight models with full weights available for download.
Apple Intelligence cleared for China launch using Alibaba's Qwen AI model
China's Cyberspace Administration approved Apple Intelligence for launch in the country, backed by integration of Alibaba's Qwen AI model across Apple's operating systems. The deal ends a two-year delay that began when Apple Intelligence debuted in 2024.
Alibaba Qwen Releases 35B Language World Model for Agent Environment Simulation Across 7 Domains
Alibaba's Qwen team released Qwen-AgentWorld-35B-A3B, a 35 billion parameter language world model designed for agentic environment simulation. The model covers seven domains—MCP tool calling, Search, Terminal, Software Engineering, Android, Web, and OS—in a single model with a 262,144 token context window.
Alibaba's Qwen Releases Qwen3.7 Plus: 1M Context Window at $0.40 Per Million Input Tokens
Alibaba's Qwen has released Qwen3.7 Plus, a multimodal model with a 1 million token context window. The model accepts text and image input with text output, priced at $0.40 per million input tokens and $1.60 per million output tokens through OpenRouter's API.
Alibaba Releases Qwen3.7 Max with 1M Token Context Window for Agent and Coding Tasks
Alibaba has released Qwen3.7 Max, the flagship model in its Qwen3.7 series, featuring a 1 million token context window. The text-only model is designed for agent-centric workloads with strengths in coding, office productivity, and long-horizon autonomous execution, and includes explicit prompt caching support.
Alibaba Qwen Releases Qwen3.6 Flash with 1M Context Window at $0.25 per 1M Input Tokens
Alibaba's Qwen team has released Qwen3.6 Flash, a multimodal language model supporting text, image, and video input with a 1 million token context window. The model is priced at $0.25 per 1M input tokens and $1.50 per 1M output tokens, with tiered pricing above 256K tokens.
Alibaba Qwen Releases 35B Sparse MoE Model with 262K Context and Multimodal Support
Alibaba Cloud has released Qwen3.6-35B-A3B, an open-weight sparse mixture-of-experts model with 35 billion total parameters but only 3 billion active parameters per token. The model features a 262K native context window (expandable to 1M tokens), multimodal input support, and integrated reasoning mode with preserved thinking traces.
Alibaba Releases Qwen3.6 Max Preview: 1 Trillion Parameter MoE Model With 262K Context Window
Alibaba Cloud has released Qwen3.6 Max Preview, a proprietary frontier model built on sparse mixture-of-experts architecture with approximately 1 trillion total parameters. The model supports a 262,144-token context window and features integrated thinking mode for multi-turn reasoning, priced at $1.30 per million input tokens and $7.80 per million output tokens.
Alibaba's Qwen Team Releases Qwen3.6 27B With 262K Context Window and Video Processing
Alibaba's Qwen Team has released Qwen3.6 27B, a 27-billion parameter multimodal language model with a 262,144-token context window. The model accepts text, image, and video inputs and includes a built-in thinking mode for extended reasoning, with pricing at $0.195 per million input tokens and $1.56 per million output tokens.
Alibaba's Qwen AI integrates with BYD, Volkswagen and 8 other Chinese automakers for voice-controlled services
Alibaba announced Friday that its Qwen AI model will be integrated into vehicles from 10 Chinese automakers including BYD, Geely, Li Auto, and SAIC Volkswagen. The system runs on Nvidia's automotive chip platform and allows drivers to order food delivery, book hotels, and make payments through voice commands, even with limited network connectivity.
Qwen 3.6 27B Released With FP8 Quantization, OpenAI Deploys Privacy Filter Model
Alibaba Cloud released Qwen 3.6 27B, a 27-billion parameter language model, alongside an FP8 quantized version for deployment efficiency. Separately, OpenAI published a privacy filter model on Hugging Face, marking a rare public model release from the company.
Alibaba releases Qwen3.6-27B with 262K context window, scores 53.5% on SWE-bench Pro
Alibaba has released Qwen3.6-27B, a 27-billion parameter language model with a native 262,144 token context window (extensible to 1,010,000 tokens). The model achieves 53.5% on SWE-bench Pro and 77.2% on SWE-bench Verified, with FP8 quantization providing near-identical performance to the full-precision version.
Alibaba Qwen Releases 35B Parameter Qwen3.6-35B-A3B Model with 262K Native Context Window
Alibaba Qwen has released Qwen3.6-35B-A3B, a 35-billion parameter mixture-of-experts model with 3 billion activated parameters and a 262,144-token native context window extendable to 1,010,000 tokens. The model scores 73.4 on SWE-bench Verified and features FP8 quantization with performance metrics nearly identical to the original model.
Alibaba Releases Qwen3.6-35B-A3B: 35B Parameter MoE Model with 262K Context Window
Alibaba has released Qwen3.6-35B-A3B, the first open-weight model in the Qwen3.6 series. The model features 35B total parameters with 3B activated, a native 262K context window extensible to 1.01M tokens, and achieves 73.4% on SWE-bench Verified using 256 experts with 8 activated per token.