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ALIBABA LAUNCHES QWEN3.8-MAX, MATCHING ANTHROPIC'S AI

Alibaba Group released its largest AI model to date, Qwen3.8-Max, claiming benchmark performance comparable to Anthropic's leading systems. The release marks another effort by Chinese AI developers to close the gap with US competitors.

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Article URL: https://qwen.ai/blog?id=qwen3.8 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49150470 Points: 257 # C…

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Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. released its biggest ever AI model, claiming performance on par with global leader Anthropic…

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Luz Ding / Bloomberg: Alibaba says its 2.4T-parameter Qwen3.8-Max tops Kimi K3 on some benchmarks, and says it plans to…

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Henry Siu / The Information: Alibaba prices Qwen3.8-Max at $2 per 1M input tokens and $6 per 1M output tokens via its AP…

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Alibaba's new flagship model Qwen3.8-Max is built to handle complex tasks on its own over days at a time, from reproduci…

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The Alibaba logo is displayed outside its headquarters in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China. | Image: NurPhoto via Gett…

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Reuters: Sources: Alibaba plans to ask heavy commercial users of its next Qwen open model for a share of revenue; Moonsh…