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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