Archive · 3 Aug 2026
Alibaba Unveils Qwen3.8-Max, Rivalling Moonshot's Kimi K3 in Size
Alibaba, a big Chinese tech company, just launched a new AI model called Qwen3.8-Max.
It has 2.4 trillion parameters, which is a lot of numbers the AI uses to learn.
The model does better than a rival called Kimi K3 on many tests and is close to a top U.S. model called Claude Fable 5.
Alibaba will let anyone download the model’s weights, so developers can use it freely.
The new model uses a special design that splits work among many experts inside the system.
This release shows how Chinese AI companies are racing to build the best models.
Alibaba released Qwen3.8-Max, its largest AI model with 2.4 trillion parameters.
The model outperforms Moonshot AI's Kimi K3 on several benchmarks and rivals Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 in internal tests.
Alibaba plans to make Qwen3.8-Max weights publicly downloadable, positioning it as an open‑weight model.
Qwen3.8-Max uses a mixture‑of‑experts architecture and leads in benchmarks like ERQA and OSWorld‑Verified.
The release is part of a growing competition among Chinese AI firms such as Moonshot, DeepSeek, and ByteDance.
- Who
- Alibaba Group Holding Limited
- What
- unveiled its Qwen3.8-Max AI model
- Where
- China
- Why
- to compete with other Chinese AI firms and provide an open‑weight model
- Model name
- Qwen3.8-Max
- Parameters
- 2.4 trillion
- Competitor model
- Kimi K3 (Moonshot AI)
- Benchmark leader
- ERQA score 77.8
- Release type
- Open‑weight public download
