Alibaba’s 2.4‑trillion‑parameter Qwen3.8‑Max claims parity with top global models
Alibaba unveiled Qwen3.8‑Max, a 2.4 trillion‑parameter multimodal model with a 1 million‑token context window. Bloomberg reports it outperforms Moonshot’s Kimi K3 on several benchmarks, flirting with Anthropic’s Claude Fable 5. The launch pushes China’s AI race forward and gives developers a new high‑end alternative.