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Alibaba's Qwen models surpass 3 billion downloads, leading open-weight AI family · 4 sources tracked

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Alibaba has officially open-sourced its Qwen3.8 series of AI models, making them freely available for download and use by developers, researchers, and businesses worldwide. The new Qwen3.8-27B model, a dense multimodal model with 27 billion parameters, reportedly surpasses previous versions and excels in programming and office tasks, running efficiently on consumer-grade GPUs. This release, under the permissive Apache 2.0 license, contributes to Alibaba's extensive open-source efforts, which have seen Qwen models achieve over 3 billion global downloads and spawn more than 300,000 derivative models, positioning them as a leading open-weight AI family. AI

IMPACT Accelerates adoption of open-weight models and fosters a larger ecosystem of derivative AI applications.

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  1. 雷峰网 (Leiphone) TIER_1 中文(ZH) ·

    Alibaba open-sources Qwen3.8, with Qianwen large model downloads exceeding 3 billion globally

    <p>8月14日晚，阿里千问正式开源Qwen3.8系列模型，所有开发者、科研机构和企业均可自由下载、部署和使用。全新开源的Qwen3.8-27B，系原生多模态稠密（Dense）模型，仅270亿参数规模，整体水平便超越了Qwen3.7-Plus，在编程及办公的真实场景中表现出色。新模型响应速度快，完成质量高，部署便捷，量化后在“消费级”显卡上即可流畅运行，是最受全球AI社区期待的开源模型。Qwen3.8-27B采用宽松的Apache2.0协议开源，有望成为本地部署的主力模型。</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>此前，旗舰模型Qwen3.8-Max也已开…

  2. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Alibaba may strengthen its frontrunner position with Qwen3.8-Max, its biggest ever AI model that claims capabilities on par with US rivals. Source: Moneyweb htt

    Alibaba may strengthen its frontrunner position with Qwen3.8-Max, its biggest ever AI model that claims capabilities on par with US rivals. Source: Moneyweb https://www. moneyweb.co.za/news-fast-news/ alibaba-baidu-kuaishou-address-mounting-ai-costs-as-competition-intensifies/ # …

  3. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Alibaba says its Qwen models have passed 3 billion downloads, making them the most used open-weight family in the world. Source: The Next Web https:// thenextwe

    Alibaba says its Qwen models have passed 3 billion downloads, making them the most used open-weight family in the world. Source: The Next Web https:// thenextweb.com/news/alibaba-qw en-downloads-hugging-face-open-models # AI # Qwen # Alibaba

  4. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · sipirtu ·

    Alibaba’s Qwen hits 3 billion downloads, outpacing China and US AI rivals Source: The Business Times Singapore https://www. businesstimes.com.sg/companies -mark

    Alibaba’s Qwen hits 3 billion downloads, outpacing China and US AI rivals Source: The Business Times Singapore https://www. businesstimes.com.sg/companies -markets/telcos-media-tech/alibabas-qwen-hits-3-billion-downloads-outpacing-china-and-us-ai-rivals # AI # Alibaba # Qwen

    LINKS businesstimes.com.sg/…/alibabas-qwen-hits…
  5. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 日本語(JA) · [email protected] ·

    Alibaba's AI "Qwen" Becomes the World's No. 1 AI Model with 3 Billion Downloads in 6 Months https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://gigazine.net/news/20260816-alibaba-qwen-3-billion-downloads/

    アリババのAI「Qwen」が6カ月間に30億回ダウンロードされる世界1位のAIモデルに https:// fed.brid.gy/r/https://gigazine .net/news/20260816-alibaba-qwen-3-billion-downloads/

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