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Alibaba releases open-weight Qwen3.8-2.4T-A95B checkpoint

Alibaba Group has released the open-weight checkpoint for its Qwen3.8-Max service, named Qwen3.8-2.4T-A95B. This release occurred on August 12, 2026, making the underlying model weights available. The information was reported by TechJuice. AI

IMPACT Provides access to a large-scale open-weight model, potentially accelerating research and development in the AI community.

RANK_REASON Frontier-lab model release with open-weight checkpoint. [lever_c_demoted from frontier_release: ic=1 ai=1.0]

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Alibaba releases open-weight Qwen3.8-2.4T-A95B checkpoint

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    Alibaba released Qwen3.8-2.4T-A95B, the open-weight checkpoint behind its managed Qwen3.8-Max service, on August 12, 2026. Source: TechJuice https://www. techju

    Alibaba released Qwen3.8-2.4T-A95B, the open-weight checkpoint behind its managed Qwen3.8-Max service, on August 12, 2026. Source: TechJuice https://www. techjuice.pk/alibaba-qwen38-op en-weights-2-4-trillion-moe/ # AI # Alibaba