Alibaba previews the Qwen 3.8 Max model variant.
Qwen3.8-Max reportedly matches or surpasses Anthropic's Fable 5 in benchmarks.
Alibaba partners with DeepSeek, whose V4-Flash model competes on price while both embrace open-weight models.
Alibaba tests revenue-sharing terms for commercial users of Qwen AI, mirroring Moonshot's model for large companies.