Alibaba's Qwen 3.8: open-weight AI aims for frontier parity behind Fable 5

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Alibaba unveils Qwen 3.8, a 2.4-trillion-parameter open-weight AI model that the company says can match frontier models and sit just behind Fable 5. It supports multimodal inputs (images, videos, documents), promises improved coding and productivity tasks over Qwen 3.7-Max, and will offer open weights soon with a preview of Qoder at 10% of standard pricing.
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