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Qwen3.8-Max would be the first Max-class flagship Alibaba has opened. The promise lands a week after Kimi K3's weights shipped, days after OpenAI slashed prices, and as Congress audits Chinese models inside US apps.
Aug 3, 2026
Three days after launching its 2.8-trillion-parameter flagship, the Chinese lab says demand has pushed it "close to the limits" of its capacity. Existing subscribers keep access; new sign-ups wait.
Jul 19, 2026
The lab's first model is a 975-billion-parameter multimodal system released under a permissive open license — and the company says plainly it "is not the strongest overall model available today."
Jul 16, 2026
