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Alibaba says its 2.4T-parameter Qwen3.8-Max tops Kimi K3 on some benchmarks, and plans to release the open weights of Qwen3.8-Max and Qwen3.8-27B next week (Luz Ding/Bloomberg)
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WHY IT MATTERS
The release of open weights for two large models gives engineers new options for local deployment and modification. The claimed performance parity with models like Anthropic's Fable suggests these new weights could be competitive alternatives for production use.
Written by elseif from the cluster below · every claim links back to a sourceThe three things worth knowing
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Alibaba claims its 2.4T-parameter Qwen3.8-Max outperforms Kimi K3 on certain benchmarks.
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Open weights for Qwen3.8-Max and Qwen3.8-27B are slated for release next week.
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The company positions the model's performance alongside global leaders like Anthropic's Fable.
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Alibaba says its 2.4T-parameter Qwen3.8-Max tops Kimi K3 on some benchmarks, and plans to release the open weights of Qwen3.8-Max and Qwen3.8-27B next week (Luz Ding/Bloomberg)
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