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Alibaba releases Qwen 3.8, claims it's second only to Fable 5

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Alibaba has released Qwen 3.8, a new open-weight multimodal AI model boasting 2.4 trillion parameters. The Qwen team claims this model is the second-best available, trailing only Fable 5 and positioning it as a competitor to models like Kimi k3. A preview of Qwen 3.8 is now accessible. AI

IMPACT Positions Alibaba's Qwen models as strong contenders in the open-weight LLM space, directly challenging existing benchmarks.

RANK_REASON Frontier-lab model release with system card. [lever_c_demoted from frontier_release: ic=1 ai=1.0]

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Alibaba releases Qwen 3.8, claims it's second only to Fable 5

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  1. The Decoder TIER_1 English(EN) · Matthias Bastian ·

    Alibaba's Qwen takes on Kimi K3 with open-weight Qwen 3.8, says model is "second only to Fable 5"

    <p><img alt="" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" height="1152" src="https://the-decoder.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/qwen_logo-1.png" style="height: auto; margin-bottom: 10px;" width="2048" /></p> <p> Alibaba has unveiled Qwen 3.8, a multimodal AI model with 2.4 t…

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