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Alibaba releases Qwen3.8 Flash open-source LLM with 1M context

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Alibaba Group has released Qwen3.8 Flash, a new open-source model with a 1 million token context window. The model is priced at $0.15 per 1 million tokens for input and $0.47 per 1 million tokens for output. This release adds to the growing landscape of accessible large language models. AI

IMPACT This release provides a new open-source option with a large context window, potentially lowering costs for certain AI applications.

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 Qwen3.8 Flash open-source LLM with 1M context

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

  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · opensourceaitech ·

    ⚡ New open model to know: Qwen3.8 Flash (Alibaba) Context: 1M tokens · $0.15 in / $0.47 out per 1M · open weights All the latest models, tracked hourly: https:/

    ⚡ New open model to know: Qwen3.8 Flash (Alibaba) Context: 1M tokens · $0.15 in / $0.47 out per 1M · open weights All the latest models, tracked hourly: https:// olud.ai/latest.html # AI # LLM # OpenSource

    LINKS olud.ai/latest.html

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