Alibaba Teases 2.4-Trillion-Parameter Qwen3.8 with Open Weights
# Qwen# Alibaba# open weights# large language models
Key Points
- Alibaba's Qwen team previewed the 2.4T-parameter Qwen3.8
- It will ship as open weights, claimed second only to Claude Fable 5
- The open-closed frontier gap keeps narrowing
Analysis
Alibaba's Qwen team announced that Qwen3.8, a 2.4-trillion-parameter model, will be released soon with open weights, claiming performance second only to Claude Fable 5. If benchmarks hold, the gap between open and closed frontier AI narrows again.