Alibaba Unveils Qwen3.8: Next-Gen AI Model, Open Source Expected Next Week

On August 3rd, Alibaba officially rolled out its next-generation foundational AI model, Qwen3.8. This beast packs a whopping 2.4 trillion parameters, and it’s showing some serious muscle in both coding and professional office tasks. If you’re into that kind of thing, you’re in luck—the Qwen3.8 API is already live on the Qwen AI platform, and it’s also integrated into Alibaba’s newly launched agent product, “Qwen Office,” which hit the scene the same day. For the open-source crowd, here’s the scoop: the Qwen3.8-Max version is expected to go open source next week, and they’re also releasing Qwen3.8-27B alongside it.